Golden Girls! A Big Day For U.S. Women

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U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson was ecstatic after winning the gold medal on the balance beam during the last night of gymnastics.

Shawn Johnson won the balance-beam gold Tuesday night in the final event of women's gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Nastia Liukin took silver.This was a coronation.For American gymnastics royalty has a new power pair.Two good friends, one from Parker, Texas, near Dallas, the other from West Des Moines.

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