A GUIDE TO COMPETITIVE GYMNASTICS BY ERIN NICKS GYMNASTICS ZONE An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com SportsZone
Chapter 1 WINNING GOLD It was August 2008 at the Olympic Games in Beijing China Balance beam the final event in women’s gymnastics was underway Shawn Johnson of the United States was warming up in a separate gym She felt awful Her stomach was hurting and she had a headache Johnson’s coach Liang Qiao tried to motivate her He reminded Johnson that this Shawn Johnson competes on the balance beam during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing 4
