Summer Games Medals
August 19, 2008
BEIJING (AP) Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's competition Tuesday night, the balance beam. Johnson, bothered by a headache before the competition, nailed her routine that is chock-full of difficult tricks, earning a 16.225. Her grin was a thousand times wider than the 4-inch-wide beam she had just conquered. "This is what we expected to see," her coach Liang Chow said. "The thing I really am pleaed with is she was a little under the weather and she still was able to do a wonderful routine." read more
Local Olympic Heros
Atlanta's Angelo Taylor won the gold medal in the men's 400 meter hurdles
Vincent Hancock of Eatonton in Putnam County Georgia won the gold medal in skeet shooting.
Atlanta’s Sada Jacobson wins the silver medal in fencing
August 19, 2008
BEIJING (AP) Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's competition Tuesday night, the balance beam. Johnson, bothered by a headache before the competition, nailed her routine that is chock-full of difficult tricks, earning a 16.225. Her grin was a thousand times wider than the 4-inch-wide beam she had just conquered. "This is what we expected to see," her coach Liang Chow said. "The thing I really am pleaed with is she was a little under the weather and she still was able to do a wonderful routine." read more
Local Olympic Heros
Atlanta's Angelo Taylor won the gold medal in the men's 400 meter hurdlesVincent Hancock of Eatonton in Putnam County Georgia won the gold medal in skeet shooting.
Atlanta’s Sada Jacobson wins the silver medal in fencing
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