I like how when the gymnasts who aren’t as solid on bars have to do it. They put in components during the routine that don’t have a very high starting value, but then they do incredibly difficult dismounts IE Simone biles and Shawn Johnson among others.
To me Shawn is one of the greatest of all time. She is powerful and extremely clean in her execution. Even if her bars routine isn't her strong point, there is barely any leg separation at all and she sticks her dismount which is one of the hardest dismounts ever. I really think she's unique. I have yet to see a gymnast that performs such difficult skills with the same amount of power and precision. Her knees never bend, her feet are always pointed and her form is just impeccable. Perfect combination of difficult elements and clean execution.
i dont get why people compare Nastia and Shawn. they are completely different. even their body type.. shawn is a muscular compact gymnast and nastia is more about lines and elegance. shawn struggles on bars it isn't her strong point, every gymnast has that event. they are both amazing gymnasts and shouldn't be compared!
Yamilia Ford where is the opinion in this that no one cares about? She stating facts and saying she doesn't understand why they're compared, the only opinion In this is when she said Shawn and Nastia are both amazing gymnasts that shouldn't be compared. And a lot of people agree with that opinion.
Augustine Daudu no I didn’t need to. But since when does communication require only using the words needed to make a simple point. We have huge vocabularies and many ways to embellish our speech. No need to speak like a cave man
@@boosadan28 i haven't seen anyone do that or the ray in years. Everyone either does a full twisting double, or a double layout. Rarely we may get a double double tucked or a double back
TheGymSavant over scored how? I think it was perfectly scored. They deducted her for the things she didn't do, they didn't give her extra for anything.
I love how after every event at the 08 Olympics, Chow was there with a hug for Shawn every time. What an amazing young woman she is. I have every finger and toe crossed for her making it to London this year.
@@maia9056 - Nothing wrong with them doing / talking newly wed / baby things.....you are the annoying one...go watch whatever suits you... We truly enjoy watching them be happy....stop hating.
Actually Nastia got a 16.650 on UB in the AA. Actually, it was quite clear that by the last rotation, Nastia was going to win with a hit floor routine. Shawn wrote about how she sneaked peeks at the scores and calculated that she would need a huge score to beat Nastia. She literally went into her final routine knowing she couldn't win gold and went out there and did the best floor routine of her life.
Nastia just performed better that day and Shawn was underscored... But a little over scored when it comes to bars with bent arms and lack of handstand positions and with floor her leaps weren't 180 as one leg was usually short
I think Nastia was just in the zone that day, which would have made Shawn winning all the more difficult. But I also believe that Nelli Kim (head of FIG) really, really wanted Nastia to win over Shawn and everyone else, and did what she could to help sway things in Nastia's direction.
if they were in today’s quad, nastia wouldn’t even be considered an AA front runner. shawn’s gymnastics still hold up to this day and arguably is only second to simone
TheChels54 I agree! I think Shawn deserved it more because everyone fangirled over Nastia whereas I feel Shawn doesn’t get as much recognition as she deserves. I think that that night though, Nastia was on point. If it were any other competition, I think Shawn would’ve one.
Great they enjoyed being there. Hope that took the years of stressing to get there away. These gymnasts put in huge hours it nice to see they're alot of them that finish college with a good piece of change in the bank.
she is my 3rd favorite gymnast my 1st is Nadia my 2nd is Mary Lou Retton my 3rd is shawn Johnson and my 4th is Gabriel douglas im almost 13 and gymnastics is my whole life im on level 10 and ive been doing cheer and gymnastics since i was 6. during the gymnastics olympics i make my whole family shut up and leave me alone while i watch it 😂😂
To all the uninformed 12 year olds commenting, uneven bars is all about finishing your handstand positions on top of the bar, which Shawn did not do. Add to that her low difficulty and bent arms and you can justify her score
It's because Nastia's coach put her to the most difficult routine and especially with her dismount,she did a double full with a half twist,but I totally agree with you.
I don't know what the move is called where she swings from the higher bar and lands in a handstand position on the low bar, but that just looks impossible! And impressive how Shawn executed that. So much strength and skill.
I love how the audience cheers for the person who’s competing, but the person competing can’t hear a thing because they’re concentrating 😂😂 Every gymnast knows 😂😂
annagrace That was the problem with the scoring system that time. Uneven Bars was heavily rewarded in D score compared to the other events. All of the UB finalists had 7.0+ D scores with Nastia having 7.7 while it was almost impossible to reach 7 on the other apparatuses. So a good bar worker had a huge advantage. Thankfully the imbalance was fixed.
For those who still say Shawn should have won, think about this. Her bars were 1.3 points in arrears of Nastia. Her vault had heavy deductions in it and was barely even an Amanar vault (it likely wouldn’t be credited as 2.5 twists today). Her beam had some errors, floor was clean. Nastia absolutely stuck her vault, valued a point less COLD. Her bars were some of her best, and made up for the vault difference plus more. Her beam was rock solid and floor was the best she did in those games. Shawn was great- Nastia was the best. Simple as that.
Chronically Cassidy well yeah shawn never trained a lot of the skills simone has. if shawn was in this gymnastics era that is so focused on difficulty, with how big she was on training the hardest skills with great execution, she certainly could have ended up with a skillset very similar to simone’s now. back then, shawn didn’t need to worry about that because there’s was no one else with the difficulty she already had
I don’t understand why they thought she wasn’t good at bars, I feel like she was very clean. Even though she didn’t do the hardest skills, everything she did was great.
I understand that execution can only get you so far, that’s why I said, “Even though she didn’t do the hardest skills...” But they always say she isn’t very good on bars and only gave her credit for her dismount. It may not have been her best event, but she was still hitting her handstands and getting decent scores!
Gazmeister Wongatron I get that but the commentators didn’t have to degrade the rest of the bar routine just because they it was simple because she did it exceptionally well
Very interesting if Shawn sticked around til 2012 with the skills she has in 2008 I think she would of gotten gold. This COP favored bars while the COP in the next quad favored power events such as Vault.
They actually gave her the wrong difficulty score, it should have been .1 higher: Jaeger (D) Clear-hip 1/2 (C) + Giant 1/1 (C) + Gienger (D) Clear-hip circle (C) + Toe 1/1 (D) + Bail (D) + Stalder shoot (C) - .2 cv Giant circle (B) + Double Double layout (G) 6.4 total, when adding the 2.5 for composition requirements back then (which she hit).
Shawn Johnson D-score: Vault 6.5, Bars 6.4, Beam 7.0, Floor 6.5 Total 26.4 Nastia Liukin D-score : Vault 5.5, Bars 7.7, Beam 6.6, Floor 6.2 Total 26.0 Liukin's difficulty is 0.4 less than Johnson actually.........But like you said they deserved their medal :)
Shawn’s bars are so underrated. She doesn’t have the most difficulty, but she was so consistent and clean. Her form is beautiful!
Hello Barbara ?
Are you for real?? She catches her releases with her theet...
I like how when the gymnasts who aren’t as solid on bars have to do it. They put in components during the routine that don’t have a very high starting value, but then they do incredibly difficult dismounts IE Simone biles and Shawn Johnson among others.
Shawn Johnson should show the USA men how to stick a double double layout dismount
i know, im not stupid. it was a hypothetical comment because guys can never stick their double double dismounts on a high bar.
liamESH true
liamESH Nile Wilson stuck his in the event finals in rio
liamESH plus men go much higher and make it much better they don’t pike down or arch in at the beginning
Aliya Forever Nile Wilson is UK not usa though
that dismount was fantastic!
Best I’ve ever seen from her!
Hate the frozen long pause at the end
Yeah the routine was a bit of a yawn but that ending was top notch
To me Shawn is one of the greatest of all time. She is powerful and extremely clean in her execution. Even if her bars routine isn't her strong point, there is barely any leg separation at all and she sticks her dismount which is one of the hardest dismounts ever. I really think she's unique. I have yet to see a gymnast that performs such difficult skills with the same amount of power and precision. Her knees never bend, her feet are always pointed and her form is just impeccable. Perfect combination of difficult elements and clean execution.
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i dont get why people compare Nastia and Shawn. they are completely different. even their body type.. shawn is a muscular compact gymnast and nastia is more about lines and elegance. shawn struggles on bars it isn't her strong point, every gymnast has that event. they are both amazing gymnasts and shouldn't be compared!
I agree they are both great gymnasts
2cutie4u356 she doesn't struggle it just isn't her strong suit
2cutie4u356 to be honest no one really cares about your opinion
Yamilia Ford where is the opinion in this that no one cares about? She stating facts and saying she doesn't understand why they're compared, the only opinion In this is when she said Shawn and Nastia are both amazing gymnasts that shouldn't be compared. And a lot of people agree with that opinion.
Davis Wetter you cared enough to read through the whole thing and then comment on it
all of the Olympic gymnasts are insanely talented. No need to compare them ✌🏼
Zoe K it’s a competition. They literally go there to be compared to see who is the best. Go find a safe space if you can’t handle it
@@jasmineleopard7593 talk about unnecessary escalation
Augustine Daudu what? It was a simple conversation
@@jasmineleopard7593 but you didn't need to use safe spaces for be condescending. It was just a comment on how good the gymnasts are
Augustine Daudu no I didn’t need to. But since when does communication require only using the words needed to make a simple point. We have huge vocabularies and many ways to embellish our speech. No need to speak like a cave man
That was the hardest looking dismount I've seen
it is.. next to the triple back
@@boosadan28 i haven't seen anyone do that or the ray in years. Everyone either does a full twisting double, or a double layout. Rarely we may get a double double tucked or a double back
@@murasakino101 some people do double front half out, double fronts, and there’s a few full twisting double layouts
Underscored.
Overscored. Just saying...
Bend arms and missed handstands add up.
Her difficulty is low do u expect her to get in 16's her difficulty is 16.4
+Scott B I'd say it was about right. D score was 6.3, & she lost around a mark on the E score as lots of small faults.
TheGymSavant over scored how? I think it was perfectly scored. They deducted her for the things she didn't do, they didn't give her extra for anything.
I love how after every event at the 08 Olympics, Chow was there with a hug for Shawn every time. What an amazing young woman she is. I have every finger and toe crossed for her making it to London this year.
Then: this vid
Now: she has a baby
Gymnast dmc yes
Well she needs to have a life
@@ryanbradley3678 gezz don’t be rude. All I was saying is that she has a baby. Ik she has a life
@@riseup8048 He's probably just wondering why you wrote that. Surprise that time passes?
I absolutely love Shawn Johnson!!! My favorite gymnast of all time.
Shawn Johnson and her husband have a CZcams channel. They are incredibly adorable.
No, her husband is incredibly annoying and all they do is newly-wed games or talk about their baby
@@maia9056 then you can click off👋🏼
@@maia9056 - Nothing wrong with them doing / talking newly wed / baby things.....you are the annoying one...go watch whatever suits you...
We truly enjoy watching them be happy....stop hating.
Shawn Johnson is such a Class Act. Very professional character. Really enjoy watching this young lady. Even today.
This score was an outrage!
Overscored, what are you talking about?
Her difficulty is only 16.4 so don't expect her to get into the 16's
No it was just right actually
I wonder what it’s like to be this good at anything.
Hello Lucy?
That dismount though!!! Worth the price of admission alone.
And now she’s about to have a kid. Time goes by so quick. 💕
White Male she already did
It’s a she
Gymnast 11 Yeah I found that out late lollll
And now she just had her 2nd
Nastia and Shawn are amazing!!
That was beautiful just perfect. She’s so awesome
amazing dismount
That's our little Iowa beauty. Whole state proud of her. 🎖🎖🎖
Hello Nancy?
SHES SO CUTE AND PRETTY
Indeed.
Her legs look amazing.
omg she is awesome!!
Shawn Johnson is incredible!!
All of her gymnastics is so amazinggg
I met Shawn not long after the Olympics. She was so sweet and nice.
Actually Nastia got a 16.650 on UB in the AA. Actually, it was quite clear that by the last rotation, Nastia was going to win with a hit floor routine. Shawn wrote about how she sneaked peeks at the scores and calculated that she would need a huge score to beat Nastia. She literally went into her final routine knowing she couldn't win gold and went out there and did the best floor routine of her life.
Shawn was definitey underscored at the olympics. And in my oppinion, she deserved the AA more than Nastia
TheChels54 same!
Nastia just performed better that day and Shawn was underscored... But a little over scored when it comes to bars with bent arms and lack of handstand positions and with floor her leaps weren't 180 as one leg was usually short
I think Nastia was just in the zone that day, which would have made Shawn winning all the more difficult. But I also believe that Nelli Kim (head of FIG) really, really wanted Nastia to win over Shawn and everyone else, and did what she could to help sway things in Nastia's direction.
if they were in today’s quad, nastia wouldn’t even be considered an AA front runner. shawn’s gymnastics still hold up to this day and arguably is only second to simone
TheChels54
I agree! I think Shawn deserved it more because everyone fangirled over Nastia whereas I feel Shawn doesn’t get as much recognition as she deserves. I think that that night though, Nastia was on point. If it were any other competition, I think Shawn would’ve one.
Love u , Shawn & Nastia.. U both rocked it! Love, peace, admiration& much respect. Ty, ladies
Hello Michelle?
Awesome gymnast and an awesome coach!
Shawn and Nastia are awesome!! The dynamic duo!❤️😁🤙🏾
she is awesome!!
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I totally remember watching this back in 2008 at age seven. I had a little crush on Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin.
AMAZING WOOOOOOOOOW
Great they enjoyed being there. Hope that took the years of stressing to get there away. These gymnasts put in huge hours it nice to see they're alot of them that finish college with a good piece of change in the bank.
I love shawn
3 years after..... just never getting tired of watching Shawn Johnson.
I❤️her
I love nastia and Shawn are still best friends.
that was sick innit
je t'aime Shawn
Rapaz... Essa Shawn é um show
J'adore regarder vos videos
tant sur la poutre, les barres asymétriques. Vous êtes super !
One of the most solide...
I love her on this routine here.
Maravilhosa
Yoooooo she’s a beast!!!!
Hello Sandy?
awesome
Such a beautiful leo, so awful to know how many injuries she worked through!
She deserves the all around gold...
Wow perfekt 👍
Hello
I would love to see a movie about Shawn cause she is the only one who went to an regular school that would be awesome 😘❤️
Hello Sandra?
Her bars was really good!
She should be SOOO proud of herself that she even got into the olympics it’s not an easy thing
she is my 3rd favorite gymnast my 1st is Nadia my 2nd is Mary Lou Retton my 3rd is shawn Johnson and my 4th is Gabriel douglas
im almost 13 and gymnastics is my whole life im on level 10 and ive been doing cheer and gymnastics since i was 6. during the gymnastics olympics i make my whole family shut up and leave me alone while i watch it 😂😂
Jenna Lynn gabriel?
@@breomani8455 Gabby Douglas' full name
@@ema6250 oh ok thanks
That dismount and the triple tucked are in my opinion the hardest dismount on uneven bars and she stick it😱😱
Hello Elena?
The coach tried to help her, but the coach didn’t have to touch her! Also, that dismount.... OMG. Nice Shawn!
Back when I loved the Olympics
Fabuleuse gymnaste. Super bravo.
Marcel Moulinas fabulous*
Shawn is my idol
To all the uninformed 12 year olds commenting, uneven bars is all about finishing your handstand positions on top of the bar, which Shawn did not do. Add to that her low difficulty and bent arms and you can justify her score
Congrats on your new baby girl!!!
Hello Lisa?
@@mikeroland1919 yes???
@@lisahatton5718 how are you and what country are you from ?
Yay
Shawn Johnson = leg goals.
The sexiest woman sports ever Shawn Johnson hands Down
OH MY GOOD, SHE IS THE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD.
Esta fue la real campeona a pesar de no tener la rutina complicada en Barras ella fue la mejor en todo el all around
Only in beam finals. In AA she made too many errors to be the best. Nastia executed flawlessly for four routines and proved herself the AA champion.
I love when she sticks the landing and just stands there for a few seconds..she's just like proving she stuck it! haha i love her :)
Isabel Blessing yep. That’s what u have to do in gymnastics so the judges don’t deduct points form ur score
Hello Isabel?
very well done
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It's because Nastia's coach put her to the most difficult routine and especially with her dismount,she did a double full with a half twist,but I totally agree with you.
oh my god she stuck it wow!! :)
well done
Good effort
I don't know what the move is called where she swings from the higher bar and lands in a handstand position on the low bar, but that just looks impossible! And impressive how Shawn executed that. So much strength and skill.
she is REALLY good
Hello Amie?
That was so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nastia Liukin got a 16.650 on the 2008 Olympics all-around.
that was the visa championships you mentioned.
A true AAer
😮 wow
Hello Gracie?
I love how the audience cheers for the person who’s competing, but the person competing can’t hear a thing because they’re concentrating 😂😂
Every gymnast knows 😂😂
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I think Shawn is better than nastia she deserved more the AA gold medal this is unfair
I like Shawn better but i have to admit Nastia earned that gold
nastia just had a better day! a lot of people didn't expect her to win gold but that's just what happened
annagrace That was the problem with the scoring system that time. Uneven Bars was heavily rewarded in D score compared to the other events. All of the UB finalists had 7.0+ D scores with Nastia having 7.7 while it was almost impossible to reach 7 on the other apparatuses. So a good bar worker had a huge advantage. Thankfully the imbalance was fixed.
I think Shawn should have won the all around but i am happy for Nastia 😘
Vanessa Jiménez stop comparing, they’re completely different and their both as good
Best landing ever
That girl good. She should make the Olympics in 2020!
1:23 And they were roommates!
For those who still say Shawn should have won, think about this. Her bars were 1.3 points in arrears of Nastia. Her vault had heavy deductions in it and was barely even an Amanar vault (it likely wouldn’t be credited as 2.5 twists today). Her beam had some errors, floor was clean. Nastia absolutely stuck her vault, valued a point less COLD. Her bars were some of her best, and made up for the vault difference plus more. Her beam was rock solid and floor was the best she did in those games. Shawn was great- Nastia was the best. Simple as that.
Baby Shawn😂
Had she been in this time period, it would have been quite the competition with her and Biles.
Mary Fiorentino biles is so above her with her skills.
No one from the past would be able to compete with Biles on a similar level.
Chronically Cassidy well yeah shawn never trained a lot of the skills simone has. if shawn was in this gymnastics era that is so focused on difficulty, with how big she was on training the hardest skills with great execution, she certainly could have ended up with a skillset very similar to simone’s now. back then, shawn didn’t need to worry about that because there’s was no one else with the difficulty she already had
molto brava la jhonson
BAHAHAHAHAH oh god i was thinking the same thing
9/10
I don’t understand why they thought she wasn’t good at bars, I feel like she was very clean. Even though she didn’t do the hardest skills, everything she did was great.
I understand that execution can only get you so far, that’s why I said, “Even though she didn’t do the hardest skills...” But they always say she isn’t very good on bars and only gave her credit for her dismount. It may not have been her best event, but she was still hitting her handstands and getting decent scores!
Gazmeister Wongatron I get that but the commentators didn’t have to degrade the rest of the bar routine just because they it was simple because she did it exceptionally well
That routine was near perfect! Her routine was WEIGH WEIGH under scored!
oh my god they were roommates
2018
Very interesting if Shawn sticked around til 2012 with the skills she has in 2008 I think she would of gotten gold. This COP favored bars while the COP in the next quad favored power events such as Vault.
She tried to go for London but injured knee skiiing and had surgery
@@angelamcmillan8955, She actually came back after injuring her knee but left the sport due to her ED and mental health.
They actually gave her the wrong difficulty score, it should have been .1 higher:
Jaeger (D)
Clear-hip 1/2 (C) + Giant 1/1 (C) + Gienger (D)
Clear-hip circle (C) + Toe 1/1 (D) + Bail (D) + Stalder shoot (C) - .2 cv
Giant circle (B) + Double Double layout (G)
6.4 total, when adding the 2.5 for composition requirements back then (which she hit).
I personally prefer Johnson over Nastia for the AA gold medal in that Olys.
Hi jen?
Shawn Johnson D-score: Vault 6.5, Bars 6.4, Beam 7.0, Floor 6.5 Total 26.4
Nastia Liukin D-score : Vault 5.5, Bars 7.7, Beam 6.6, Floor 6.2 Total 26.0
Liukin's difficulty is 0.4 less than Johnson actually.........But like you said they deserved their medal :)
:( she deserved the gold
Can't believe she's retired :'(
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