montage of Austyn Fobes and Shawn Johnson. The clips of Austyn are from 2004, so she is younger than Shawn in all of the videos when she is really a year older today. The clips of Shawn are from 2006 and 2005. ***MUSIC COPYRIGHT ALY & AJ!!!

Nastia Liukin (USA) returned to the Worlds this year to take back the balance beam world title she had won in 2005. After a solid performance with minor wobbles, Liukin dismounted with a two and a half twist that put her 0.125 ahead of Romania's Steliana Nistor, winning back her title. (WCSN, WCSN.com)

Shawn Johnson's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on August 25, 2008.

Shawn Johnson competing in 2008 olympics trials in Beijing. I hope She Does Great!

American gymnasts clinched the gold and silver in the women's all-around. The favored Shawn Johnson finished second while Nastia Liukin grabbed the gold. She edged out her teammate by a mere six-tenths of a point. (Aug. 15)

All-around champion Shawn Johnson added her third gold medal of the competition by placing first on floor exercise. In the balance-beam final held only a few minutes prior to the floor exercise, she fell twice and finished eighth. (WCSN, WCSN.com, International Gymnast Magazine)

Shawn has a small debut on abcfamily's tv show The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Good job Shawn!!!!

Shawn Machel Johnson sprang to life on a very cold day in January. Well, actually, she didn't spring for a little bit. Shawn was born with an APGAR score of 0. It took a short while before she got the hang of things, but once she did get going, she took off and hasn't slowed down since. Shawn walked at 9 months without ever taking the time to crawl. She was doing pull-ups in her playpen and climbing out of her baby bed long before she was a year old. At the age of three Shawn tried dance class, although dance didn't suit her as it wasn't nearly physical enough. Out of desperation, the next attempt to find a release for Shawn's energy was a gymnastics class. BINGO. Shawn enjoyed 2 years at a local gymnastics club. Friends told her parents about a new gym that opened up close to home. After visiting only once, Shawn couldn't wait to get started at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance. Shawn started attending Chow's within 60 days of the doors opening. They had yet to develop a pre-team or team, so Shawn got to be in on the ground floor of their pre-team and then team. Shawn's coaches, Liang Qiao (Chow) and Liwen Zhuang (Li) could not have been a better fit had they been hand picked. Chow and Li will forever hold a very special place in Shawn's heart. Memorable moments in Shawn's gymnastics career have been Level 9 balance beam champion, Level 10 Iowa's Gymnast of the year, Level 10 balance beam champion and making the Junior Olympic National team, and qualifying to Junior ...