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Somersaulting Wgtn councillor

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

If it were not for an injury in 2018, Wellington City Cr Sean Rush would still be competing in gymnastics, aged 51.

It was a sport he got into as a 9-year-old in Hawke’s Bay. By his teen years he was representing New Zealand. At the age of 15 he got a near-perfect 9.9 score on the high beam at an Australian competition.

He gave it away but started again, aged about 40 in Calgary, Canada. When he returned to New Zealand he went to Capital Gym Sports in Newtown with hopes of competing again as a 50-year-old. But that dream ended when he “buggered” his knee doing a summersault.

He is just one of a number of councillors with a hidden talent

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