The Gymnast
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| Initial release | Los Angeles |
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| Directors | Ned Farr |
| Initial DVD release | September 18, 2007 |
| Screenplay | Ned Farr |
| Composers | Craig Richey |
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| ID | 961190 |
About The Gymnast
After a devastating injury sidelines her gymnastics career, Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) settles for a career as a massage therapist. She gets a second chance at her dream, however, when an opportunity arises for her to perform with an acrobatic aerial performance troupe. As she trains with her partner, Serena (Addie Yungmee), Jane rediscovers her passion for performing as well as a passion for her partner, even though she is married to a man and Serena is in the closet about her sexuality.
Horror after Chinese trapeze artist falls to her death during display
... Footage has gone viral on social media showing The Gymnast falling onto a hard stage after a routine went wrong with her acrobatic partner...
Press Association photographers pick their top shots of 2022
... " I had a small gap between two television cameras where I had to hope The Gymnast jumped so that the background was kept clean...
Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia
... The graffiti artist posted three images of The Gymnast mural in the wreckage left by Russian shelling, with a caption merely stating " Borodyanka, Ukraine"...
US Olympian Sunisa Lee 'pepper sprayed in racist attack'
... The Gymnast said she and her friends, all of Asian descent, were waiting for their Uber after a night out when a car passed with people inside shouting ethnic slurs and telling them to " go back to where they came from"...
US Olympian Sunisa Lee 'pepper sprayed in racist attack'
US Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee has said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist drive-by attack in Los Angeles .
In an interview with, the gold winner and first US-Hmong Olympian said she and a group of Asian friends were targeted while waiting for a ride.
The Incident took place a few weeks ago as she was in LA to film Dancing with The Stars , she told the magazine.
Attacks on people of Asian descent have risen amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which was first reported in China.
Lee , 18, made history by travelling to Tokyo this summer, becoming The First US Olympic athlete from the Hmong Ethnic Group .
The Gymnast said she and her friends, all of Asian descent, were waiting for their Uber after a Night Out when a car passed with people inside shouting ethnic slurs and telling them to " go Back To where they came from".
One person sprayed her in The Arm with pepper spray before The Vehicle sped away, She Said .
" I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off, " Lee said.
" I didn't do anything to them, and having The Reputation , it's so hard because I didn't want to do anything that could get me into trouble.
" I just let it happen. "
Lee - whose parents immigrated to the US from Laos - comes from St Paul, Minnesota.
She vaulted onto the World Stage Last Summer after the withdrawal of her teammate Simone Biles .
It Comes amid a dramatic rise in attacks on Asian Americans .
In April, US karate Olympian Sakura Kokumai, who is Japanese-American, was accosted while training in a park in California.
The Man , who allegedly shouted racist slurs at her, was arrested for making threats.
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