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It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

Shawn Johnson

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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
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