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Welcome-home party set for Olympic gymnast Shane Wiskus

August 11, 2021 at 4:16AM
The United States' Shane Wiskus celebrates after competing on the high bar during Men's Team Gymnastics qualifying at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG XMIT: 22644811W
Shane Wiskus celebrated after his high bar routine during men’s team gymnastics qualifying at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24. Wiskus, a former Gophers gymnast, helped the U.S. team to a fifth-place finish. (Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A welcome-home party will be held for Olympic gymnast Shane Wiskus on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.

Wiskus, a former Gophers gymnast from Spring Park, competed for the U.S. men's team that finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics last month.

The party, at 4787 Shoreline Drive in Spring Park, will include an appearance by the Mound Westonka marching band and release of a new beer by Back Channel Brewing.

RACHEL BLOUNT

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