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Passing the Bar

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  Maggie Bennett passes the bar...s Olympians, As is our M.O. when friends, a venue, and a equipment converge in the Venn Diagram of sport, we stage an event. Just that happened this last weekend at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach. Read on for what we got up to, plus updates on the long term Pickleball event. Just finished: Gymnastics IV I t was the domain for bulging biceps and triceps last weekend in Santa Monica. Happening upon Santa Monica's Muscle Beach, our four gymnasts seized the day, checking off three events from the current slate of men's gymnastics events in the Olympics. (That's true, the women and men compete in mostly different apparatus events in the Olympics, and women don't even have the same number of event opportunities as the men.) Rings First up, the four took to the air on the rings. It was a chore getting boosted up to a high starting position. G. Sexauer started off with an almost L-sit. Bennett managed some swinging, and K. Sexauer wrapped up t