Olympic Bound? Budding El Rito Gymnast Trains at Renowned Duke City Gym

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(SUNfoto by Tony Hernandez) Madeline Martinez (bottom, front), Natasha Backhaus (bottom, back), Victor Vialpando (middle, looking up), Sveta Backhaus (upper, back) and Patrick Martinez (upper, right) practice their flips and tumbles Tuesday at the old Española seventh grade building. With the exception of Backhaus, these students have been traveling to Albuquerque on Saturdays to practice their gymnastics at the Gold Cup Gymnasium. Other local students traveling to Albuquerque are Jeremy Lopez, Sasha Backhaus, Erin Ortiz, Roy Trujillo and Aaleyah Quach.

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    In the summer of 1972, 7-year-old Roger Montoya sat in front of his television in Denver, Colo., watching, for the first time, the gymnastics competition of the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.     Montoya, now 44, said he fell…

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