Amidst ongoing political messages relayed from the United States to China, and all-out war between Georgia and Russia, the 2008 Olympic Games have commenced. Notably, not even North Korea and South Korea walked together in the opening ceremonies, the most obvious defeat in an attempt to unify the world. How can something that brings the world together be so divisive? At least we take solace in knowing that for a few shining moments in every competition, the sport itself, and the medals, will unify us all, because the effort, the trials and the errors, the wins and the losses, the smiles and the tears, that’s what makes us human.
Gymnastics, a sport in which errors are the most obvious and greatness is achieved by the few, not the many, will hold a contention to which the world will look on with excitement. Having only achieved team gold in 1996, by the ‘Magnificent Seven’, the American women hope to make history by accomplishing this incredible feat once more. And do they have the most decorated roster since those ‘Magnificent Seven’! They are after all, the second women’s team in the United States to win gold at the World Championships. They won the team competition with a score of 184.400 points, 0.95 of a point ahead of the silver medalist Chinese team, the other great contender in these year’s Olympic gymnastics.
Meet the team:
Starting with Shawn Johnson
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