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Sac State cheerleaders stunt their way to London for Olympic performances – StateHornet.com

“Blunk and Swanson are team leaders, they work very hard and have great relationships with their teammates,” said Sac State head cheerleading coach Bobby Biggs. “All of this opportunity is because of cheer. Who would have thought?” Biggs called it a …
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Olympic pundits show that the BBC is full of cheerleading chumps – Telegraph.co.uk

… and its Olympics supremo, Roger Mosey, has been degraded by a lack of reverence shown to foreign medallists, anthems and flags, and the self-appointment of broadcasters as cheerleaders for the entity we refuse to know, on taste grounds, as “Team GB”.
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Two Texas Tech Cheerleaders Represent at Olympic Basketball Finals – News/Talk 790 KFYO


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John Chebret, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Humble is a current member of the Tech cheer squad, and Logan Lefler, a 2008 business graduate from Combine, are part of a cheer squad that will cheer for the men’s basketball semifinal and …
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Crystal Palace Cheerleaders Lose Olympic Bid Despite Receiving Most Votes … – Huffington Post

The selection committee for the “Team GB” representative for the 2012 Olympics enlisted the help of Alesha Dixon, “Britain’s Got Talent” judge, to select which cheerleaders would go to the Olympics this year. On Wednesday, Dixon announced that the North …
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Crystals miss out on Olympic Team GB role despite gaining most votes – News Shopper

The Crystals have missed out on being the official Team GB cheerleading squad for the Olympic games, despite getting the most votes. The cheerleaders received more than 4000 votes on the public vote but lost out to the North London Wildcats after judge …
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Brits veto risqué Olympic cheerleaders for more wholesome look – Yahoo! Philippines News (blog)

Leave it to the Brits to stir up a controversy around an Olympic cheerleading squad. Or to even have an official cheerleading squad to begin with. The Great Britain cheerleader selection committee, which evidently consists of “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Alesha …
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Brits veto risqué Olympic cheerleaders for more wholesome look – Yahoo! Canada Sports (blog)

Leave it to the Brits to stir up a controversy around an Olympic cheerleading squad. Or to even have an official cheerleading squad to begin with. The Great Britain cheerleader selection committee, which evidently consists of “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Alesha …
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Cheerleaders hoping for Olympic call – Croydon Guardian

Crystal Palace Football Club has been in the spotlight this week but it isn’t the football team which has caught the eye of the nation – and potentially Team GB. The club’s cheerleaders, the Crystals, have captured the hearts of many after filming a video to chart …
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