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I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.

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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
Athlete
Gymnast
Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson
Basics
Gymnastics
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Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
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