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Resembling the elegance and flow of the rhythmic gymnastics, the U.S. Postal Service dedicated this year’s "Love Ribbons Forever" stamp on Feb. 14 alongside Julie Zetlin, the USA’s top-ranked rhythmic gymnast, and her U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics teammates at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
More than 300 children from the surrounding community, along with stamp collectors from across the Southwest, attended the First-Day-of-Issue event as the rhythmic U.S. National Team signed autographs, posed for photos, as well as performed a special routine to commemorate the special occasion.
The 16 rhythmic national team members are among more than 200 rhythmic gymnasts competing Feb. 15-19 in the 2012 Rhythmic Invitational and Rhythmic Challenge in Colorado Springs.
Schedule:
- Tentative competition schedule is as follows:
Invitational
Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Level 6 Competition
Thursday, Feb. 16 – Level 7 & 8 Competition
Friday, Feb. 17 – Level 8 & 9/10 Junior Competition
Saturday, Feb. 18 – Level 9/10 Junior & 9/10 Senior Competition
Challenge/Group Championships
Sunday, Feb. 19 – Group Competition/Festival Rhythmic & Rhythmic Challenge
Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, click here.
Venues:
- U.S. Olympic Training Center. The U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the headquarters for the U.S. Olympic Committee administration and the Olympic Training Center programs. As of August 1998, there are 12 USOC member organizations that have their national headquarters on the complex, and 12 other member organizations and two international sports federations located nearby in Colorado Springs.
The Olympic Complex, former home of ENT Air Force Base and the headquarters of the North American Defense Command, officially became USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. In October 1996 and April 1997, the USOC officially dedicated and opened its new $23.8 million, Phase II facilities-a state-of-the-art sports medicine and sport science center, an athlete center, which includes a dining hall and two residence halls. The USOC is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the complex.
Organizations:
- USA Gymnastics. Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics and group gymnastics. For more information, log on to www.usagym.org.
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