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National Double Dutch Competition held in Chicago this weekend

By FOX 32 News

Published March 24, 2023 8:52pm CDT

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National Double Dutch Competition held in Chicago this weekend

The first-ever Midwest Double Dutch Competition will take place Saturday at Chicago’s DuSable Museum.

CHICAGO - Get ready to jump rope this weekend.

On Saturday, the first ever Midwest Double Dutch competition will take place at DuSable Museum.

The event gets underway at 11 a.m.

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Teams from all over the country will be in town to compete in three categories: speed, coordination and free-style. Age doesn't matter.

"We have like third and fourth graders competing with each other, fifth and sixth, we have a high school division, and then we have an adult division and even a senior division," said Lolita Scott, a co-founder of Jumping Juniors and ambassador for the International Double Dutch League.

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