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Shawn Johnson: Ready to 'Cover' the Games

Written By creativeseed on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 | 11:23 PM

Gold medalist Gymnast now a Olympic Correspondent


The 2008 Beijing Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion Gymnast Shawn Johnson has dawned a new role of correspondent for Today.com for London Summer Games.

The champion Gymnast Johnson, who announced her retirement, after not making it to the Olympic team this year, will now be seen in the Games arena as a correspondent. 
On June 3, 2012, Johnson ended her comeback for the 2012 Olympic team and retired because of her constant problems regarding her left knee

  


In February 2009, Johnson became a celebrity competitor on ABC's Dancing with the Stars season eight, partnered with season six winner, professional dancer Mark Ballas. She is the youngest competitor in show's history. In the finale, tightest in the show's history, Johnson beat Gilles Marini by less than 1%.

Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas

On 17 April 2009, she appeared in the music video Do You Love Me by Ballas Hough Band wearing one of her Dancing with the Stars costumes. Later, she reunited with one of the show hosts, Tom Bergeron, at the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee to discuss her victory


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