Shawn Johnson on Konnor McClain's new Olympic chances

Yahoo Sports Olympics analyst Shawn Johnson talks about how postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could now open the door for a new star.

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SHAWN JOHNSON: Konnor McClain is an incredible gymnast, one that's shot up into the limelight. She's one that can rival the skill set of all the gymnasts out there. I do believe Simone now has that expertise and that experience that will make it hard for anyone to compete against her, but Simone is also in kind of that age where we haven't seen gymnasts compete, which is crazy because she still seems like she's 16 but she's getting already to be 24.

So I think Konnor does have the edge of the age. She has that youthfulness, that energy. Not that Simone doesn't, it's just for some reason, the gymnastics history books would say if you're 24, you don't have as much energy as the 16-year-old. So I think it will be a rivalry that we would love to see. It would be really exciting for the Olympics that could end in golds, many of them for potentially both of them. But it would be cool. I think it's just this mixture of chaos in the world that's going to bring a really interesting and exciting games.