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Shawn Johnson: Relative unknown to overnight star

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    Gold medal gymnast on what it's like to train for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team

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And welcome back to foxnews.com live we -- a real -- now -- talking with an Olympic gold medal listed as Shawn Johnson.

She won the balance beam.

And then to -- back in -- 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

And does she was only sixteen years old then.

Since then she's been on Dancing With The Stars she's torn -- ACLs so much has happened but now Shawn Johnson.

You are trying to get on the Olympic team for London high.

Harare so what kind of efforts are you making right now to make a big got -- comeback for the next Olympics.

I'm not just living image again you know taking Monday -- made it back into the international.

Stage back in October for -- and -- And Mexicana says you know my progress is getting there taking it to me it's slow play it.

Hopefully now delaying -- right things so I'll be there and Monday and so he did in January of 2010.

You suffered a torn ACL.

And then not long after that you announce your decision that you were going to try for the London Olympics.

What prompted that decision.

I think the ends.

-- prompted that decision I remember the first thing about when I got her was what if I can never -- -- again are even have the option and that -- has sparked a new.

Yeah passion and love for the story -- you know within.

The six months in my -- has backed and -- -- train -- Trying to get back into competition.

Good for you.

So how is your training this time around for the London Olympics so different from how you train for the 2008 Beijing Games.

And it's completely different in edges.

-- to pace myself -- aren't trained to take care my body in -- me and and being hello there it's it's taking a little more -- more -- -- bank and -- Cheney smarter about it and really look at the competition where all fed and in how.

You know best approach it.

So meantime you're working with Coca-Cola on this program that gets off fans involved.

With -- showing their support tell us about that.

Yeah I -- -- fans can actually kind of be a part of the journey and really support us in on a national stage and -- fans -- edit cut dot com slash she areas.

And they can upload pictures of themselves along with an encouraging -- our letter.

And if you're selected at their picture and -- well they plan to cut -- -- intense -- so it's really he had making kind of be a part of the whole thing at best and we can.

They can thank him an attack and if you do that folks all see it because I walk by that billboard every day -- well I look for anything on your pictures up there.

Still this the first time for you actually that people got to show their support on a national stage because.

When you -- on Dancing With The Stars.

You had twenty million -- viewers each week watching you dance and -- voting on now where -- to keep you or.

Or send you home -- -- the worst part of the show I love that -- how is that experience being a day with the stars.

Santana -- is amazing you know they -- -- -- -- and again -- from gymnastics prayer why ninth try sending elitists have signed and you know I found out -- really there and they became I guess family to me and just the Italians attorneys and the -- getting out of my conference and was.

A -- you know -- -- -- my comments a canister three down for a while but I absolutely loved it.

I did again like that.

Little little all right I hope you're listening ABC.

Yeah you -- great idea really -- gotten huge fan of the show by you did bring up on it.

But -- -- -- tell young people who have a goal but feel like.

They have setbacks like you had this injury.

And and they and they just want to give up what would you say to them.

-- it takes hard times and bad days.

To -- that deadlines in a you can.

He had a bad time a bad month a bad Jiri event and really it downing kind of -- that evaded that if he just keep pushing and yes -- know light at the end that it cannot and will all be wearing thick his.

-- hard work does pay off I promise you that.

All right some good advice from someone who certainly knows Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson.

Best of luck qualifying for those London games when -- you find out.

-- team is an announcement tonight Farris at least I have -- -- Not the long but yeah all right we'll be looking ordinary advancement Shawn -- best of luck.

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