The 2024 Paris Olympics featured countless demonstrations of strength and speed on the track, in the pool, and on just about every piece of gymnastics equipment in the city's Bercy Arena.
And then there was the less celebrated performance that took place just a few steps away in the stands. In case he is travelling with three children under the age of 5, Shawn Johnson East and her husband Andrew East have strong arguments for gold.
“We're going to be like a circus,” Shawn, 32, joked to E! News before traveling from Nashville to France with his daughter. Drew4, and sons Jett3 and Carry8 months, “but we will be there.”
And we dare say they mastered the landing with flying colors: they combined their visit to the Games with trips to London and Sorrento in Italy.
“It actually exceeded all expectations,” Shawn admitted. “It was chaotic, but manageable.”
An absolute highlight for the athlete, who won four medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, was participating in the gymnastics all-around competition in Paris with Andrew, 32, Drew and her mother Julia B..
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