Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Olympic Selection Camps Outlook Team USA

Ok so after lots of inticipation we are finnally down to 12 athletes who could represent us in Beijing with 2 already named. I would like to do an outlook for before camp to who I think will make this very special team.

Shawn Johnson- World, Olympic Trials, Nationals, Pan American, Jeleso AA Champion

Pros- Shawn is a very solid competitior she is very good on all 4 events and has one almost every senior competition possible. She is the AA World Champion coming into the Olympics and will have alot of pressure on her shoulder. She performs the hardest vault in the World has G marks on every event. Shawn is also a very solid competitior and has proven that she can work well under pressure.

Cons- Shawn is have trouble with her Amanar by getting it fully rotated but should have it under control quite soon. Also her triple FX Shawn has seemed to have trouble with getting it fully rotated and it may be interpruted as a 2 1/2 at the Olympics if Shawn doesnt fix it which will make AA chances slimmer. Also Shawn isnt very strong on UB but makes up for it on all the other events with some of the hardest skills in the world.

Here is Shawn at Worlds last year



Here is Shawn at the Olympic Trials



I will finish this post tommorrow but I need to get to bed night

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