9 Game On
The U.S. women handily dethroned China to set up an
intriguing showdown in Beijing
16 Breaking Away
China won its eighth team title, and widened the gap on the
rest of the world in the process
25 World Beater
American Shawn Johnson lived up to the hype and grabbed
the all-around gold at her first worlds
42 Last Man Standing
China’s Yang Wei out-tricked—and outlasted—the all-around
field for the second year in a row
49 Youth & Experience
Four different gymnasts grabbed golds, with China’s Cheng
Fei claiming her third consecutive vault title
54 Star Power
Experience prevailed in the men’s apparatus finals, where
two veteran specialists punched their tickets to Beijing
Plus…
6 Ziert Alert!
7 GymFaces
33 Competition Results
34 Giant Color Poster
41 Quotes…
63 2007 World Gallery
68 Gym-Mart
70 Dismount
COVER
Team world champions China
(from left: Yang Wei, Xiao Qin,
Huang Xu, Liang Fuliang,
Chen Yibing, Zou Kai) and the
U.S. (Nastia Liukin, Alicia
Sacramone, Shayla Worley,
Samantha Peszek, Ivana
Hong, Shawn Johnson)
(Photos by Thomas Schreyer)
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Top eight all-around finishers
(from left): Yulia Lozhechko,
Xiao Sha, Yang Yilin, Nastia
Liukin, Shawn Johnson,
Steliana Nistor, Jade Barbosa,
Vanessa Ferrari
(Photo by Tom Theobald)
