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Archive for entries tagged with: 'gymnastics'

June 15, 2010

YMCA National Gymnastics Championships

From June 22 - 25, 2010, the East County Family YMCA will host more than 4000 gymnasts and their families at the 2010 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle N., San Diego, CA 92108. Competitions run from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. from June 23 – 25 ( ...more

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April 27, 2010

Gymnastics champ created trampoline

A trip to the circus in the 1930s inspired George Nissen to create the modern trampoline, an invention that eventually would lead to countless children and others doing back flips and tricks for fun and sport on the springy apparatus. More than half a century later, Mr. Nissen would be successful in getting the n ...more

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