Shawn Johnson, Olympic Gold Medalist, wins Dancing with the Stars

by Amy Judd | May 19, 2009 at 07:06 pm

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Shawn Johnson, an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, has won Dancing With the Stars.

Gilles Marini came in second and Melissa Rycroft came in third.

Less than one percent of votes separated the 17-year-old winner and Gilles Marini.

There was two nights of competition, last night and tonight:

On this first night of the two-night finale, each couple performed two dances — a paso doble set to the same song (Pink’s “So What”), and a crowd favorite: the anything-goes freestyle. And this, truly, is when the wheat is separated from the chaff, folks.