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![USA's Shawn Johnson performs on the Balance Beam of the Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final at the National Indoor Stadium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Johnson won USA's Shawn Johnson performs on the Balance Beam of the Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final at the National Indoor Stadium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Johnson won](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TYWC17/usas-shawn-johnson-performs-on-the-balance-beam-of-the-womens-individual-all-around-gymnastics-final-at-the-national-indoor-stadium-at-the-summer-olympics-in-beijing-on-august-15-2008-johnson-won-the-silver-medal-and-teammate-nastia-liukin-won-the-gold-upi-photopat-benic-TYWC17.jpg)
USA's Shawn Johnson performs on the Balance Beam of the Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final at the National Indoor Stadium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Johnson won
![United States Shawn Johnson competes in the uneven bars during the Women's Individual All-AroundFriday, August 15, 2008 in the Games of the the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. (Photo by Erich Schlegel / United States Shawn Johnson competes in the uneven bars during the Women's Individual All-AroundFriday, August 15, 2008 in the Games of the the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. (Photo by Erich Schlegel /](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/cd41b58cbf964a109c05feae04276bf8/2f13d2f.jpg)