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Shawn Johnson gets her gold

Published 08/19/08

BEIJING (AP) — Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's competition Tuesday night, the balance beam.

AP photo U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson performs on the balance beam during the gymnastics finals Tuesday morning.
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The world champion made a habit of collecting silver at the Beijing Games, and she never stopped smiling. But it wasn't exactly what she came to China for. She ended her runner-up streak with a beam routine Tuesday night that blew away the field, including all-around champ Nastia Liukin, behind whom Johnson got one of her three silvers.

"It's crazy," the 16-year-old Johnson said. "I remember seeing Nastia have hers from the all-around and it is so pretty....

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