Shawn Johnson - Balance Beam - 2008 Tyson American Cup

Score: 16.325 - Shawn Johnson (USA) - March 1, 2008 - Madison Square Garden - New York City, N.Y.

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[GymnasticsISlife96]

the judges at the olympics were so much stricter. Her routine was better in beam finals then here and she scored lower

[lisapizza16]

@comanecisalto1 I believe she does put effort in but she works with what she has and thats power. All gymnasts find what they are good at and focus on that. No same in that.

[gymnastfreak921]

haha...:36..." holy -------" LOL

[bernardmvella]

@xoxPatriots83ily I agree. Nastia was clean and had good execution, she definitely did a lot of those parts well, but she definitely had form issues. She was often obviously cross legged and cowboying, but because of her 'lines' people maintained she had excellent form. I think excellent form is more gymnasts like Ivana Hong (I like to use her as an example because she's short but shows perfect lines), and Cheng Fei, despite more execution errors (eg steps and balance checks)

[xoxPatriots83ily]

@peepers2221 Well Nastia didn't even have good form actually. Other than that I agree with everything in this comment.

[celebcompetition]

did anyone hear Tim say "yeah" suddenly after she completed that full twist?



[xoGymnastxx3]

i wonder if shes ever missed and gone right over the end of the beam on the handspring handspring layout

[96horseluvr]

@GymnasticsISlife96 noooo this one was much better than the one in beam finals. she was a little off in beam finals. this is perfect

[kinyia7]

WOW That wasw amazing I dont think I could hav the balance or courage to do tht

[chinghxd]

@comanecisalto1 mmm i think that's a little unfair. she clearly has grace...to be even able to execute what she does [eg. G level dismount on the beam] has to have a fair amount of grace. she just gets criticized because she doesn't have the particular long legs and extension of say; for example nastia liukin. but that being said, she IS a power gymnast and she'll work to that more obviously. but even for a power gymnast, she's pretty darn flexible. you can't do gymnastics w/out being flexible.

[peepers2221]

@comanecisalto1 oh hater much? LOL go away... Nastia has no artisty to ya know. Waving your arms and good form is not artisty. And no flexiblity oh? I think everything in this routine had flexibility. The hole sport of gymnastics is flexibility you can't do 1 skill without flexibility and shawn can do THE MOST skills. hop off..

[cairsahr64]

This girl is simply amazing. Go Shawnee!