Twin Cities welcome gymnasts for Olympic trials

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey were joined on Target Field Plaza by Minnesota Sports and Events CEO Wendy Blackshaw and USA Gymnastics CEO Li Li Leung to welcome the arrival of "Gymnastics City USA" in Minneapolis yesterday as the U.S. Olympic Trials are set to get underway this week. The Twin Cities will welcome 6,000 participants and "tens of thousands more" family, friends or fans for the Olympic Trials in women's and men's artistic gymnastics at Target Center; the national championships in rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, tumbling and acrobatic gymnastics; the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show; and USA Gymnastics for All GymFest. Minnesota Sports and Events is "opening a Parisian street market" between 7th and 8th Street Thursday that "will feature 60 Minnesota vendors and kick off with more than 1,000 gymnasts doing a routine set to Prince music" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 6/24).



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