Sample of Rhythmic Gymnastic Videos

Whew! I am never doing this again. Here are five rhythmic gymnastics videos:

1) Turkish rhythmic gymnast Gizem Oylumlu. Ribbon. Baku, Azerbaijan. 2006.


2) British gymnast Hannah McKibbin. Ball. Athens Olympics (from German tv) 2004.


 
3) Greek gymnast Filiou Barbara. Hoop. Competition Unknown. Footage is recent.


4) Olga Belova (Belarus, not Russia as originally stated here). Clubs. Stuggart, Germany. 2003



5) Canadian gymnast Alexandra Orlando. Rope. Thiais 2007

Don't try thisat home! The rhythmic gymnastic competition traditionally follows artistic gymnastics at the Olympics. This sport does alas get much less attention. Russia, Spain and Bulgaria are the traditional powers in the sport. If anyone knows if any of these athletes are competing in Beijing (or not) please let me know. It does consist of these five events shown here.

UPDATE: I just saw on Wikipedia that Orlando will be competing for Canada. She finished ninth at the world championships this year. She is of Italian heritage.

 

UPDATE 2 for 8/24: Russia won the team competition in rhytmic gymnastics with China taking the silver. Belarus won the bronze. In individual competition, Evegeniya Kaneva of Russia won the gold, Inna Zhukova took silver and Ganna Bezsonova got the bronze.
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