
Yeee haw!
It’s a storybook American tale.
The world’s best immigrate to the good ole’ U.S of A and call her home!
Russian-born, Texas-raised Nastia Liukin won the women’s gymnastics all-around gold medal on Friday in Beijing.
Nastia came from behind on the final two rotations to clinch the top prize!
The elegant Liukin joins Carly Patterson and the iconic 1984 gold medalist Mary Lou Retton in the pantheon of American all-around gold medalists.
Nastia has Olympic greatness in her blood. Her dad is an Olympic gold medalist!
Liukin’s teammate and Olympics roommate, Shawn Johnson of Iowa, won the silver.
Woo hoo! USA in the top two spots!
China’s Yang Yilin won the bronze. She’s probably 11 years old!
[Image via Getty Images.]
Aug 15, 2008 10:45am PDT
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