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I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.
Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
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Gymnast
Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
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I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.
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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.
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Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.
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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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I don't want to be all power and muscle.
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It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
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Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes from fun.
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I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.
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I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.
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I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.
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I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind.
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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.
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People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
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People put too much emphasis on looks.
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I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!
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