I didn't know much about artistic gymnastics, but watching Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin this year got me very interested in the sport. Now that I understand all the events (but still don't understand any bit of the scoring), I was wondering what is the peak age for gymnasts in their career. I read somewhere that most female gymnasts retire in their early twenties, and don't go to more than one Olympic games in their career. This sounds ridiculous; do female gymnasts really have that short of a career? And for that matter, are Johnson and Liukin not going to London in 2012
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