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 ...

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Here’s a recent Olympics story via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Darja Varfolomeev left her native Russia for Germany five years ago in search of Olympic glory. She found it in Paris. The 17-year ...

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 at the 2024 Paris Olympics will soon get underway and the individual podium promises to be historic, as it will feature no Russian or Belarusian gymnasts, and there is no clear ...

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. The creation of the International League of Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs will pave the way for better management of the competition system and gymnasts from the world’s ...

The rising star of rhythmic gymnastics is Yana Kudryavtseva, a 15-year-old Russian who is sort of like a very flexible Harlem Globetrotter in a glittery ice skating costume. At the rhythmic world ...