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Germany’s Marcel Nguyen

Japan and China who were both supposed to be powerbottoms powerhouses in the mens gymnastics events at the London Games did not fair well during the qualifying round placing fifth and sixth respectively. Germany managed to sneak in at the fourth spot, even with the accident prone performance by their famed gymnast Philip Boy. His team mate, Marcel Nguyen, however handled his duties like a champ, and scored even higher among those who appreciate a hot young stud.

Marcel, who is half German and half Vietnamese (his full name is Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen), along with the Russians Denis Ablyazin and Emin Garibov is one of the select Olympians to qualify for three individual event finals. Besides the team competition you’ll be seeing him at the parallel bars, floor exercise, and all around competitions.

The 24-year-old with the exotic good looks debuted on the international scene in 2002 and appeared at the Beijing Games in 2008 where his best achievement was on the floor exercise, a 14th place finish that failed to move him into the finals.

The single 5’ 5” hottie started in gymnastics at the age of four and joined a gymnastic club in Germany at the age of seven in 1995. Ten years later, in 2005, he was named the German champion on the parallel bars At the World Gymnastics Championships in 2007 he participated on the bronze medal winning German national team, and a year later won a silver medal for the team competition at the European Championships. Earlier this year Marcel won the gold medal on the parallel bars at the European Championships.

During the qualifying rounds in London Marcel placed sixth and seventh for the individual events in which he qualified for the finals. His best showing is expected to be in the parallel bars, but he’ll be showing off his best assets during the floor exercise.

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