2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, 2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, and 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston are three of 12 amateur athletes chosen as semifinalists for the 79th Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Award.

“We are excited that Nastia, Shawn and Jonathan were chosen as three of the semifinalists for the Sullivan Award,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. “This is a well-deserved recognition for their achievements, especially their performances at the 2008 Olympic Games, and it also reflects their hard work, sportsmanship and dedication to the sport. We encourage gymnastics fans across the country to vote for Nastia, Shawn and Jonathan.”

In addition to Liukin, Johnson and Horton, the other nine semifinalists are: U.S. Olympic men’s 4×100m free relay team, swimming; Cynthia Barboza of Stanford University, volleyball; Amanda Blumenherst of Duke University, golf; Sam Bradford of the University of Oklahoma, football; Tyler Hansbrough of the University of North Carolina, basketball; the Lopez Family of Sugar Land, Texas, taekwondo; Erin Popovich of Silverbow, Mont., Paralympic swimming; Gerald “Buster” Posey of Florida State University, baseball; and Dara Torres of Parkland, Fla., swimming.

Quindi Shawn, Nastia e Jonathan sono arrivate alla finale che assegnerà il premio!!!

Forte!

Votiamo tutti Nastia qui:

VOTA!

Fatto!

votato....

ma sta vincendo Shawn...

Già ;______;

Fatto!!Sinceramente non penso vincerà però......