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Boy, that's a lot of CGI. Impressions: I looked this up on the internet, and a group rhythm gymnastics program is 2:15 to 2:30 long. This is an important factoid because the performance here is a hair over three minutes. Or if you include all the time spent watching them walk onto the mat, […]
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