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Johnson Nabs Gold on Beam

Wins in last women's gymnastics event

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 19, 2008 7:40 AM CDT

(AP) – Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's gymnastics competition today on the balance beam. When her routine, chock-full of difficult tricks, earned a 16.225, Johnson's grin was a thousand times wider than the 4-inch-wide beam she... Read full story »

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