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Welcome back Jake Jarman

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 For audio, click here .  Picture Wikipedia CC-by-SA 4.0 here .   Welcome to Thought for the Day. I had the privilege with my family last week to go to the Huntingdon Gymnastics Gym last Thursday evening to see Jake Jarman the Olympic gymnast come back to his club with his Bronze medal to be interviewed by BBC news. There were cameras, satellite dishes, and a massive crowd of supporters all waving their Union Jacks. Thank you Huntingdon Gymnastics Club. I wonder whether you saw any of Jake’s gymnastic routines in the Olympics? Now I’m no athlete, my kids can do the splits and cartwheels and various gymnastics moves (they too are members of the club) but I would if I even sat cross legged and can’t even pull off a pull up, and the only double pike I’ve got close to was the fish I saw in a river once. So it’s been impressive to see Jake’s moves on the screen- floor routines, pommel horse, high bars and the rings. We are so proud to have a Huntingdon hero representi...