PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Before striding on to the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics platform to perform her hoop routine, Germany's Margarita Kolosov took a breath, squared her shoulders and flung a small ...

Since the Atlanta 1996 Games when former Soviet countries began competing as individual nations, athletes from Russia and Belarus have twirled, pirouetted and tumbled their way to Olympic dominance in ...

TOKYO (AP) — In the darkest days of the pandemic, Evita Griskenas was stuck practicing in her parents’ Illinois basement, occasionally breaking lightbulbs as she tossed clubs and hoops through the air ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russia's rhythmic gymnasts shut out the rest of the world for a fifth successive Olympics on Sunday, with a free-flowing acrobatic display with hoops and clubs winning them ...

Rhythmic gymnastics, traditionally a women-only event, debuted in the Olympics with individual competitions in 1984. The group event was added at the Atlanta 1996 Games. It is now the only all-female ...

Rhythmic gymnastics is headed to Paris. While gymnastics is one of the oldest sports that this still practiced today, rhythmic gymnastics made its Olympic debut as a medal event in 1984. For starters, ...

Rhythmic gymnastics fans will have to wait almost two weeks after the Olympic opening ceremony to see the heavily-contested competition in Tokyo. The United States plans to send a full contingent of ...