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 * Are You the Best? **

You're probably good at something, but it's different when you can continue it for twenty years. Gymnastics was introduced to the United States in the 1830s. All gymnasts look up to Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, probably because they were named the best gymnasts in the world! Both girls have extreme skills on beam, because of their perfect balance of grace and power. Each of these special gymnasts have strengths and positive, determinated attitudes that have helped them to succeed in gymnastics.

Shawn Johnson's best event is beam, though she is strong and powerful, too. She has won first all-around at worlds in 2007, first on beam at the 2008 Olympics, and much much more! Some of her hardest skills include standing back full on beam, competed a 2.5 twisting Yurchenko, and a double-twisting double layout off of bars! A 2.5 twisting Yurchenko is when you do a round-off onto a springboard, then back handspring onto a vaulting table, putting your hands on it, and do a flip in a straight position while twisting 2.5 times. When Shawn was six, she started gymnastics and now she's twenty and still doing gymnastics for her fifteenth year! After tearing your ACL, it takes a lot of courage and strength to get back to gymnastics.

Nastia Liukin is known for her dancing abilities, but she can also tumble. She has won first all-around at the 2008 Olympics, first on beam at the 2005 worlds, and 2006 all-around champion, and much more. If the "Liukin'' on beam, which is a front aerial to arabesque, was an A or B skill in stead of a C, she would have been able to name it after herself. Nastia was three years old when she started gymnastics, but her parents also helped her a huge amount. Nastia has been doing gymnastics for almost 21 years now, which explains why she's so good. Nastia Liukin had many accomplishments throughout her career, not just winning all-around at the 2008 Olympics.

Everyone should work hard towards a sport, because sometimes, it may just end up being what you love. B oth of these talentedgymnasts have been faced with many impediments throughout their careers, but they got through it. There will be many challenges throughout everyone's life, some bigger than others, but if you get through it, you will have rewards.

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