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"Four-time Olympic gold medalist and darling of U.S. gymnastics Shawn Johnson announces shock retirement, aged 20 The knee injury that sparked Shawn Johnson's comeback put an end to it, too. The Olympic gold medalist announced her retirement Sunday, saying repeated setbacks with her left knee made contending for a spot at the London Games impossible, and left her fearful she was putting her long-term health at risk. 'It just little by little gets worse and worse,' Johnson told The Associated Press. 'My body is to the point where I need time to rest and retire so I can be healthy for the rest of my life. It's hard to wrap my mind around. Gymnastics has been my entire life, and now it's no more.'"

Nooooooooooooo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154288/Four-time-Olympic-medalist-Shawn-Johnson-announces-shock-retirement.html

[Edited on June 4, 2012 at 2:46 PM. Reason : link]

6/4/2012 2:46:25 PM

it's ok. they'll be a new crop of 16 year old girls to lust at this summer.


but yeah, sucks her knee never quite healed enough. Looks like Nastia Luiken is the sole remaining 08 team member and she'll only be used as a specialist.

6/4/2012 2:48:57 PM

She'll always be the girls who made cankles hot in my book

6/4/2012 2:49:59 PM

DAT GAP

Goddamn uurmph

6/4/2012 2:50:05 PM

She better go ahead and do her playboy shoot before she gets fat.

6/4/2012 2:50:10 PM

Good lord. I wonder what she squats.

6/4/2012 2:50:25 PM

good night, sweet prince

6/4/2012 2:53:20 PM

lol, i thought she squats shawn white; hmm, nice jobs shawn white was my response

6/4/2012 2:55:04 PM

never understood the hype over her, especially with Nastia and Sacramone on the same team

6/4/2012 2:59:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUB2CzE9Xmw

6/4/2012 3:00:20 PM

I got something to make her taco pop.

6/4/2012 3:09:11 PM

now it's a party, computerguy is here

[Edited on June 4, 2012 at 3:10 PM. Reason : strollers gonna stroll]

6/4/2012 3:10:12 PM

Good night...

6/4/2012 3:44:58 PM

6/4/2012 3:55:39 PM

Sacramone should have my babies.

6/4/2012 4:39:00 PM

I heard she punched some dude at a party.

6/4/2012 5:03:37 PM

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"it's ok. they'll be a new crop of 1612 year old girls to lust at this summer."

... at least when factoring in the China team.

6/4/2012 11:18:30 PM

that Nastia chick doesn't do much for me, but I always thought that Shawn Johnson and whatsername Sacramone were HOT.

6/4/2012 11:53:21 PM

My Taco's the best. I love Ortega's Taco Sauce. It makes my Taco pop.

6/5/2012 12:38:36 AM

I was thinking why should she retire when she could just skip this olympics and try the next one. Then I was like "nah she will be too old"

Then I realized that It's really disturbing that there's a sport where 24 is considered too old. WTF is wrong with this sport? Most sports people haven't even entered their prime at 24.

6/5/2012 12:43:48 AM

it's not a sport if judges have complete control of the outcome

6/5/2012 12:57:39 AM

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"it's not a sport if judges have complete control of the outcome"

You mean like ACC refs?

6/5/2012 1:04:57 AM

I appreciate the effort, but holy fuck that's a lame joke

6/5/2012 1:08:20 AM

[Edited on June 5, 2012 at 1:08 AM. Reason : d]

6/5/2012 1:08:26 AM

No worse than the equally idiotic statement that just because it is "judged" means it isn't a sport.

6/5/2012 1:20:59 AM

no hips

6/5/2012 7:04:59 AM

Are they going to put her down?

6/5/2012 8:02:36 AM

those that can't do teach

6/5/2012 8:12:42 AM

6/5/2012 8:21:31 AM

Yowza

Also, I wonder if she's gonna plump up now? She "took time off" after the last summer games and I saw a pic from Dances with the Stars. She definitely had some chub going on.

[Edited on June 5, 2012 at 8:35 AM. Reason : d]

6/5/2012 8:34:28 AM

who gives a shit?

you'll likely never see her in person, have the chance at hooking up with her, or anything of the like.

the girl deserves to live her life, however she sees fit. like anyone else.

if that's never going to a gym again and sustaining herself of ciao bella key lime graham cracker gelato, then that's her own prerogative.

i mean, it's one thing to be all "man i hope my girlfriend doesn't get fat" or "man, i hope that hot girl in class doesn't get fat" or something like that, because there's a potential that it could directly impact your life. real life.

someone that you'll never be in the same room with however, and for all intents and purposes might as well be a fictional character on some television show to you, why do you care at all?

people's convoluted views in terms of celebrity is something that just makes no sense to me at all.

6/5/2012 10:11:35 AM

uh, ok.

getting fat is unhealthy, so i hope noone gets fat.

6/5/2012 10:18:30 AM

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"who gives a shit?"

If you think that most people give a shit about what they chat about online in chit chat then you're deeply mistaken

6/5/2012 10:29:15 AM

^^^And out of nowhere a rant about America's strange interest in the personal lives of celebrities.

[Edited on June 5, 2012 at 10:30 AM. Reason : sfaf]

6/5/2012 10:29:58 AM

I've seen hotdog buns smaller than that camel toe

6/5/2012 10:31:15 AM

Shit, when did pilgrimshoes turn into a crochety old man?

6/5/2012 10:32:41 AM

Well, he did just get married...

6/5/2012 10:33:15 AM

6/5/2012 10:36:46 AM

a bunch of people that have never done anything strenuous in their lives piling on an olympic calibre athlete

and theres a difference between getting fat and not walking around at competition weight

you cant train to stay in olympic level shape year round idiots

6/5/2012 10:37:43 AM

Not to get off topic, but that was the best 3 seconds of NBA I've seen all year. I was watching that game with my roommate and we both looked at each other and said, "what the fuck was that!" when they showed Bosh. It looked like he just shat out a pine cone.

6/5/2012 10:39:30 AM

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"a bunch of people that have never done anything strenuous in their lives piling on an olympic calibre athlete"

i just went back and read through the thread. i found one comment wondering if she'd get chubby. then pilgrim shoes went on his rant. i don't think anybody was "piling" on her at all.

6/5/2012 10:55:03 AM

speaking of getting chubby..


from




to




RIP dear fantasies

6/5/2012 10:58:32 AM

im sure simpson is getting the weight off at a solid rate at the moment

but she looks like she has trachael cancer or something there lol

6/5/2012 10:59:53 AM

More like retiring that virginity, amirite?

6/5/2012 11:05:58 AM

That second picture of jessica simpson looks photoshopped.

6/5/2012 11:10:26 AM

6/5/2012 11:18:03 AM

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"who gives a shit? you'll likely never see her in person, have the chance at hooking up with her, or anything of the like. the girl deserves to live her life, however she sees fit. like anyone else. if that's never going to a gym again and sustaining herself of ciao bella key lime graham cracker gelato, then that's her own prerogative. i mean, it's one thing to be all "man i hope my girlfriend doesn't get fat" or "man, i hope that hot girl in class doesn't get fat" or something like that, because there's a potential that it could directly impact your life. real life. someone that you'll never be in the same room with however, and for all intents and purposes might as well be a fictional character on some television show to you, why do you care at all? people's convoluted views in terms of celebrity is something that just makes no sense to me at all."

it's not about her being a celebrity or an Olympic athlete it's about how women shouldn't be fat or ugly, at all. We're here as scenery and scenery should never be unappealing, unattractive, or fat.

6/5/2012 11:23:24 AM

no, it's about being unhealthy, male or female.

(and only one person talked about her getting chubby.)

6/5/2012 11:28:23 AM

I've got a chubby for her...

6/5/2012 12:38:28 PM

Nastia's hotter.

6/5/2012 12:48:37 PM