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 ...

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 ...

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-old won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual ...

TOKYO, August 7. /TASS/. Rhythmic gymnastics has no future given the current rules, All-Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation President Irina Viner-Usmanova told TASS. On Saturday, Russian athlete ...

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"It is necessary to create conditions for the training of specialists, including in cybersports, to provide support measures," Irina Viner emphasized PERM, October 19. /TASS/. The president of ...

Bulgaria won the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympic Games and it wasn't particularly close.

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 ...

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 ...