The Bored Shorts

For weeks it was Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, one-two respectively. One is 4'9", powerful, yet an adorable media darling. The other is elegant and graceful with gold medal in her blood. Johnson and Liukin were supposed to be the 1-2 punch to lead Team USA to gold over China, but their teammates floundered in the team competition. In the all-around, it was the slight underdog Liukin to pull off the competition of a life time. Nastia was simply brilliant. She stuck 3 out of 4 dismounts, and the one she didn't, was her highest scoring event-the uneven bars. What should make all Americans proud is how Shawn handled defeat with as much class as any 16 year-old could have shown. She was the first to admit that Nastia was better that night, with no complaining about how she got shorted on her balance beam score. Watching those two compete, it's hard not appreciate the history that was made by the adorable and the graceful.