2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Athletes

	Buoyed by Chinese know-how US gymnast Shawn Johnson always knew her road to the Olympics would be challenging, even before her training gym was nearly washed away.

	Cheng Fei Cheng Fei is the first gymnast to ever land a laid out Khorkina: a round-off, half turn onto the vault, then a 540-degree twist in the laid out position.

	Uneven-bars queen the new star in town Olympic gymnastics title contenders suddenly have one more thing to worry about other than the eight gold medals China claimed at the Tianjin World Cup last week. Her name is He Kexin.

	'Prince of Parallel Bars' swings back into action World and Olympic gymnastic champion Li Xiaopeng will take the spotlight at the Bank of China World Cup gymnastics competition, to be held in Tianjin on May 14-15.

	Gymnast Ferrari gears up for Beijing Vanessa Ferrari likes Formula One, red is her favorite color and she responds readily when her coach tells her to put her "foot on the gas". Like the famous Italian racing car, this 17-year-old who won the first individual world all-around gold in the history of Italian women's gymnastics in 2006 has the stuff of champions.

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