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Retired U.S. Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson reacts as the U.S. women's Olympic team is announced at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, California July 1, 2012. Four-time Olympic medalist Johnson, said in 2016, Christ is "my greatest reward." Picture taken July 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

OLYMPICS: Shawn Johnson, 2008 Olympic gold medalist: Christ is ‘my greatest reward’

August 10, 2016

The following article is used by permission from the Christian Examiner.

By Michael Foust, Christian Examiner

RIO DE JANEIRO (Christian Examiner) – Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and the rest of the “Final Five” are this year’s American gymnastics Olympics stars, but eight years ago in Beijing, it was Shawn Johnson.

Johnson went into the 2008 Olympics as the favorite in the women’s individual all-around, floor exercise and balance beam. Her teammates were quite good, too, and many considered the USA the favorite to beat the hometown Chinese for the team gold.

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