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Article: Shot of gym beam Shawn Johnson has stayed humble during her meteoric rise to be world champion but wants Olympic gold.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Clay Latimer, Rocky Mountain News
Shawn Johnson obviously had forgotten she was a celebrity.
Only a few weeks earlier, the tiny Iowan had bounced into American living rooms with a gold-medal performance in the all-around at the World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
Now the phones were buzzing in her agent's office with endorsement offers from McDonald's and Coca-Cola; work had started on a life-size bronze statue of her for the Iowa Hall of Pride; and Iowa Gov. Chet Culver was proclaiming "Shawn Johnson Day" in the state.
So where was Johnson? Hanging out with A-list jocks in L.A.? Checking out New York City? On ...