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In Case You Missed It: Nastia to Do Dancing With the Stars

The big news of the week is the Nastia Liukin has signed on to do "Dancing With the Stars," following the footsteps of her teammates Shawn Johnson and Aly Raisman.



Blythe at the Gymnastics Examiner broke the news after Nastia posted it on her Facebook page. She'll be dancing with Shawn's All-Stars partner, Derek Hough, a five time DWTS champion. Previously, Shawn Johnson and Aly Raisman were partnered with Mark Ballas.

Nastia, the 2008 Olympic All Around Champion, has been enjoying herself on photo shoots, showing off her flexibility and toe point in this video she posted on her Instagram account.

A video posted by USA Gymnastics (@usagym) on



Season 20 will premiere Monday, March 16 on ABC.

Here is a full list of the competitors via Good Morning America; Yahoo:

Noah Galloway with Sharna Burgess
Robert Herjavec with Kym Johnson
Patti LaBelle with Artem Chigvintsev
Nastia Liukin with Derek Hough
Riker Lynch with Allison Holker
Charlotte McKinney with Keo Motsepe
RedFoo with Emma Slater
Michael Sam with Peta Murgatroyd
Willow Shields with Mark Ballas
Suzanne Somers with Tony Dovolani
Rumer Willis with Valentin Chmerkovskiy

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