American gymnastics gold medalist Shawn Johnson is back from Beijing, but before returning home to Des Moines she made a stop in New York to visit with David Letterman:
Letterman asked Johnson about the vault, and Johnson told him about the first time she tried it.
"I was like three, and I just flew over the vault," Johnson said. "My coach caught me. He didn't want me to land on my head." Said Letterman, "They deduct points if you're unconscious."
But the more interesting portion of the interview came later, when Letterman asked Johnson about the allegations that China is using underage gymnasts in violation of Olympic rules.
"I don't know what to think," Johnson said when Letterman asked her if she thought the Chinese gymnasts were under 16. "It's kind of sad to think that they might have broke the rules if they're not of age."
Letterman suggested that the gymnasts are underage but that they had no control over participating because "they're in a corrupt system," to which Johnson said, "Yeah."
Johnson said that she and her teammates talked about the age of the Chinese gymnasts, but that "We couldn't really do anything about it. They were going to compete no matter what, and they're really good."
Shawn Johnson Tells David Letterman 'I Don't Know What to Think' About Chinese Gymnasts
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-27-2008 @ 1:22AM
George B Vieto said...
The Chinese used an underage gymnast. The Chinese are good at sports because they are taught to beat the Western countries to push their Marxist agenda. The IOC will not punish China just like the NCAA will not punish a mega television college football like USC, UCLA, Norte Dame etc. with a death penalty for rules vlolations.
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8-28-2008 @ 11:37PM
SeeSee said...
What is sad is how the media are pushing these people to say thing that don't really want to say. What she says will bite her in the a** in 2012. Shawn, you disappoint me. I thought you were better than that. George B Vieto, you're just a moron that talks through the wrong opening of your body. I got one questions for you, where is your proof? I didn't hear anything on how the US team choked during the team competition. Oh the chinese government made them fall on their asses during their events, made them make mistakes like they did, and used low difficulty excercises. Many Americans don't have the guts to face reality and answer that! Hell, Nadia Comanche and Co. could had came out of retirement and beat them. So stop whining.
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8-30-2008 @ 1:51AM
George B Vieto said...
Sticks and Stallones will break my bones but insults of my knowledge of Olympic screw jobs I know of. By the way judge not and you won't be judged.
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