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Related: About this forumMeet some of the members of the 2012 Summer Olympics U.S. Gymnastics team
[center][font size="+1"]Elizabeth Price (Alternate)
John Orozco
Gabby "The Flying Squirrel" Douglas[/font]
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)LibGranny
(711 posts)sanitation worker), they live in Brooklyn and he really wants to help pull them up by winning big at the Olympics. Hope he does it!
tclambert
(11,080 posts)They have those comic book muscles, yet can move with great agility.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Not that I am pushing my daughter in that direction, she is only 5, and it is only as long as she wants to.
But her class takes place at the same time as teenage girls are doing balance beam and uneven parallel bar routines all around her, and teenagers win Olympic medals. I am impressed as can be every time I go to this gym. Seeing what they can do up close is much better than t.v.!
There are trophies everywhere in this gym. The gym is ethnically diverse, too, with a sizable number of African-American kids.
http://www.hillsgymnastics.com/
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when I was watching sports with my father and wondering if I would ever see a black pitcher. Or quarterback. Or NFL coach...
There may even be a black Michael Phelps out there...( UPDATE: ) Did I say "May?"
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Hi, Neighbor!
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(249 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)Nice to see another sister on the balance beam! Go Gabby!
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/120417412
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(44,555 posts)Another AA Olypmian who has made a big splash...
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