Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin Named to the Team - 2008 Olympic Trials

Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin Named to the Team - 2008 Olympic Trials - Day 2

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USA Gymnastics

15 жыл бұрын

June 22, 2008 - Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

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@Amanda-dx9jv 9 жыл бұрын

Chills! Two of the best gymnasts the USA has ever seen.

@matthewtomney3918 7 жыл бұрын

Amanda Wingle what about Simone Biles

@jeanienguyen1543 7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Tomney pretty sure op made that comment before rio!

@Lea-cp8gi 4 жыл бұрын

Why is everyone so obsessed with Simone? Yes she’s a great gymnast but there were other greats as well as Simone. She has power and incredible acrobatic ability but not much else. Shawn Johnson for instance has the perfect mix of power grace and artistic ability

@brienethefox853 3 жыл бұрын

LE Crafty Artistry absolutely agree! Shawn and Nastia’s Gymnastics were the perfect example of grace and beauty vs dynamic power, hit with nearly perfect execution in Beijing. Truly amazing.

@scholasticbookfair. 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lea-cp8gi Because everyone else is wrong and you're right. You know more about gymnastics than the experts whom call her the greatest of all time right? Get a life 😂. Grace didn't get Shawn the title of GOAT so you can shove it.

@GypsyHook1110 11 жыл бұрын

haha i loved how nastia and shawn glanced and talked to each other before their names are called xd

@wiscovirgo 6 жыл бұрын

that smile they both gave each other before hand melted my heart. They had one of the purest, most genuine friendships in all of gymnastics. They never lets medals get in the way of their relationship and that says a lot. Being friends is great, but being BEST friends is even greater. ❤️

@lpoco0006 5 жыл бұрын

they were rivals and not friends for many years :(

@chiarafattore8977 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol they didn't talk to each other for like 8 years after the 2008 olympics. But they're real-life besties now!! So it all worked out

@nathalieng8079 2 жыл бұрын

@@lpoco0006 They were friends but they said the media kept pitting them against each other, saying Nastia vs Shawn all the time, so they believed they were rivals for the longest time. Nastia reached out to Shawn one day and ever since then they’ve been great friends

@_bunnyhop 11 жыл бұрын

I still get chills watching this. Probably the best two gymnasts ever.

@A2daM2daZ 12 жыл бұрын

LOL, I love the look they shared before he called their names. Presh

@mindyschocolate 12 жыл бұрын

I hope USAG never goes back to choosing a team like this. Having the selection camp after trials? That must have been such a huge letdown for the 4 girls. Having their names announed at the gym with only a few people to cheer for them? No balloons or streamers or a big YAY? I noticed even here Shawn and Nastia didn't get all that. Doing the selection/ mini competition and then announcing the team immediatly after trials, with the thousands of screaming fans and the celebrations was the right way

@JBluver18 12 жыл бұрын

This year they're naming the entire team at trials. The only reason they announced Nastia and Shawn in 2008 was because at the time the rule was that the top 2 at Olympic Trials automatically made the team. The final team wasn't named until after a training camp later. This year only the winner of trials is guaranteed a spot. The other four spots will be decided by the selection committee and announced at the end of the competition.

@N8vLady67 2 ай бұрын

Exciting moment in their young lives! They went on to olympic gold🥇!!!

@davidbarnett9312 4 жыл бұрын

When the beer virus cancels everything and you go looking for something...anything related to gymnastics. lol

@kevinburke6055 3 жыл бұрын

I love Nastia and Shawn. Best gymnastics duo.

@tekkenfan01 12 жыл бұрын

They got the decision right by naming Nastia and Shawn because they really brought home the medals. They also mentioned Alicia and Chelsie those two wound up on the team. They really knew what they were doing. Go USA.

@nathan10120 Жыл бұрын

No they actually announced Shawn and Nastia before everyone else because they were the top 2 AA and the top 2 AA immediatly made the team in 2008.

@karenKristal 7 жыл бұрын

I don't see the point of Olympic trials when they make so many girls compete (after several other competitions) but it decides so little. Marta just does what she wants no matter what the actual results are. These poor girls are just used for endless ticket sales which is such a shame when they're injured and exhausted.

@bradenmills624 7 жыл бұрын

Other than it being required by the IOC to host an official Olympic Trials, it does give Marta a chance to consider every single team member and alternate. Look what just happened with Danell Leyva going from alternate to winning his second and third Olympic medals. She wants to make sure that she could count on all 8 or 9 gymnasts chosen.

@phiephiesdiary9987 7 жыл бұрын

😍

@julesdanser 11 жыл бұрын

yup. Shawn was #1

@melhudson1703 10 жыл бұрын

i hope they never have selection camp after trials again

@mysticalmargaret6105 8 жыл бұрын

+Mel Hudson Yeah - I'm glad the U.S. Olympic committee got firm with the U.S. Gymnastics Federation - in every other sport the team is named immediately after Trials but for several years at least Marta tried to do it her way.

@mmmbeijing 6 жыл бұрын

well now they definitely won't! camp is shut down...USAG can't run things like a dictatorship any more...

@nathanielhalls1893 3 жыл бұрын

I heard everywhere that the 2020 Olympic trials are going to be like the 2008 trials. With the top two being automatically on the team and the other two will have to earn it at a selection camp afterwards. It sucks. I loved the 2012/2016 trials and the way they did it then

@cristi0771 12 жыл бұрын

I bet the top 2 gymnasts being named this year at the olympic trials will be Jordyn Wieber and Gabrielle Douglas :)

@Huskyowner2007 12 жыл бұрын

@brdbarreira He was talking about the 2007 ranking. They won the world championships that year. They were rank #1 in 2007 and the Olympic Trails were before the 2008 Olympics.

@TommyWiseauu 3 жыл бұрын

Why did they announce 2? Wasnt it originally just the first place winner?

@TRUNGNGUYEN-bz9th 3 жыл бұрын

Wow look at that.

@brenden6218 5 жыл бұрын

0:49 peep the 3rd to last girl face shes mad

@sunshine11931 8 жыл бұрын

How come they only announced Shawn and Nastia, but not the other four team members?

@spiderlover678 8 жыл бұрын

+sunshine11931 Cause it's considered more prestigious to be the first two. It basically means that, without a doubt, they're better than everyone else.

@sunshine11931 8 жыл бұрын

spiderlover678 Oh..So is it kind of like in 2012, how Gabby was the first to be promised a spot, because she took the highest score at the Olympic trials?

@spiderlover678 8 жыл бұрын

sunshine11931 Yeah, and the reason she was the only one announced was because there was only five on the team that year instead of six.

@sunshine11931 8 жыл бұрын

spiderlover678 Okay, got it! Thanks!:)

@spiderlover678 8 жыл бұрын

sunshine11931 You're welcome! :)

@likeaboxofchocolate 14 жыл бұрын

You're right... Bieger, Caquatto, Courtney , Davis Hill, Hong, A. Johnson, S. Johnson, Larson, Liukin, Lothrop, Memmel, Peszek, Ranzy, Sacramone, Sloan, Stageberg, Trani, Worely

@lilygrace108 8 жыл бұрын

my birthday is april 8th lol i would have turned 4 when this was uploaded'

@lilygrace108 7 жыл бұрын

Sara McLeod yeah 2004

@chouter21 7 жыл бұрын

No, you were turning 5 if your were born in 2004

@nathalieng8079 3 жыл бұрын

Wow now you’re 16!

@thegreenskittle 3 жыл бұрын

ok, so in 2008, top 2 girls are automatically in, and the other 4 selected later. What's the process today?

@user-jg3fd3rc3t 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@GYMFREAK3921 12 жыл бұрын

WHAT 2 , NASTIA GOES TO WOGA AND SHAWN WAS AT CHOWS

@theosotto4612 3 жыл бұрын

I like watching this but watching Steve Penny and knowing that he’s walking freely out there DISGUSTS THE LIVING SOUL OUT OF ME

@MrPokemonmaster0009 12 жыл бұрын

not this year they will name the whole olympic team

@graceconerly4359 11 жыл бұрын

do you know who came away from the trials as number 1?

@mmmbeijing 6 жыл бұрын

shawn

@animalgrlz257 14 жыл бұрын

it looks like they already know, cuase look at Mattie, before Steve Penny even sas their names, shes already aptting them on the back and they're about to step up

@nathanielhalls1893 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they already knew because it’s the people who placed top two after the two days of trials. Nastia and Shawn saw they finished top two and knew they were going