ESPN RISE is a high school sports magazine published monthly during the school year in 25 markets around the United States. …
… during the 2007-08 school year, RISE began publishing GIRL, a first-of-its-kind magazine dedicated solely to girls’ high school athletics. …
A younger Shawn Johnson is cover girl for the fall 2009 edition.
Nice promotion for our sport.
ESPN has already posted the article online:
… When Shawn began competing at local meets, believe it or not, she spent a lot of time at the back of the pack. “In gymnastics, the ribbons for third, second and first are red, white and blue,” she says. “The farther out you go, the prettier the ribbon.” And for a long time, Shawn came home with pretty ribbons. “I got the lowest scores and came in 33rd place all the time,” she says. …
read the rest – For Johnson, mind is what matters
(via the GKelite blog)
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