Nastia Liukin
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Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World champion on the balance beam
Liukin in 2020
Liukin performs on the balance beam at the 2008 U.S. National Championships.
Liukin performing on the balance beam at the 2008 Olympics.
Liukin (center) winning the gold medal in the all-around
Shawn Johnson East
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Shawn Johnson East is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also the 2007 all-arou
Nastia Liukin
…placing second on beam. However, she made several falls and errors on floor and vault, finishing in third place overall, more than five points behind Shawn Johnson, the all-around gold medalist. Following Nationals, Liukin was named to the American team for the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where she…
Johnson in 2012
Johnson winning 2008 US National title
Johnson winning silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics all-around
Johnson receiving the Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award in 2009