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 ...

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 ...

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 ...