Throughout her impressive gymnastics career, Shawn Johnson became one of the country’s most beloved athletes, from the Olympics and beyond. So, of course, when she took a step back from the sport and ...

Gymnast Shawn Johnson has detailed why she refused to speak with her best friend and former Olympics teammate Nastia Liukin for eight years. Johnson, 32, who won the gold medal for balance beam at the ...

Shawn Johnson is opening up about a rough patch in her friendship with fellow Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin. While participating in Access Hollywood's Behind the Easel video series, which was posted ...

The fact that the gymnasts—who competed alongside and against each other at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing—were able to spring back into a close relationship after eight years of not talking, "said a ...

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East is recalling her 8-year feud with former teammate and close friend Nastia Liukin. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the pair competed together as part of Team USA.

Shawn Johnson East and Nastia Liukin started their gymnastics careers as friends, but competition nearly tore their bond apart. Johnson East and Liukin connected while training for the 2008 Olympics ...

It's been 16 years since Shawn Johnson, then just a 4-foot-11, 16-year-old, won the hearts of Americans by winning gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Johnson was the gold medalist on the balance beam ...

Olympian Shawn Johnson East faced a tough choice at a young age — go pro in gymnastics or compete at the collegiate level. “I remember there was a huge discrepancy because I desperately wanted to ...

Shawn Johnson's arms reached over her outstretched legs until her hands finally grabbed hold of the top of her feet. Her neck craned to her left, toward the 13 visitors from Los Angeles to Chicago to ...