This is the big story of the friendly competition held this past weekend:
1. Shawn Johnson (USA) – 61.700
2. Vanessa Ferrari (Italy) – 60.100
Americans generally don’t like competing in Europe as their scores are often lower than at home.
It took guts for Shawn to face off against her top rival for the Olympics in her own country. This means people were pretty confident Shawn could still win, even in Italy.
The bigger question is … Why did Ferrari compete?
Vanessa had no chance to win competing only a Yurchenko full vault. It would have been better to sit out rather than lose at home to her top competitor the way she did.
Shawn Johnson is the Olympic favourite, no question, if she has no major errors in the AA competiton.
The second biggest story was the 3rd place finish of Samantha Peszek. She looks like a lock for the Olympic team at this point.
More results – GYMmedia
CONGRATS to Jordyn Wieber (USA) who won the all-around in the Junior meet. Rebecca Bross finished 2nd with a fall on beam.
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