Shawn Johnson, 17-year-old Olympic gymnast, talks about her downtime: shopping and Disney World with friends. She and her teammate each won two Olympic medals, and she notes gymnasts get only one Olympic chance to compete.
I love to shop and spend time with my best friends at Disney World; I also stay connected via Facebook.
We have each earned two medals.
Hey Shawn, how you doing? Good. Good. Um, I was just curious, when you're not doing gymnastics, what's your favorite thing to do in your downtime? Just to kind of let loose and relax.
Um, well, I am a 17-year-old girl, so I love to shop. That'll never change, Shawn. But my best friends are here, so this is a huge reward for them. They got to come to Disney World, and but just kind of make up for the time that I lost in the previous years. I mean, I'm a teenager. Facebook me.
All right, everybody, this is Young Kirsten with a question for both of you ladies. Go ahead.
Well, how many medals have you got? She wants to know how many medals have you guys got.
Unfortunately, in our sport, we're only given one chance, but we've gotten to the top every time we've had that chance, so I have two.
For me, at the Olympics, we have more than one chance, which is pretty nice. But we have— you can win a total of like 6 medals in gymnastics, and I won 4, so
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