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 ...

MOSCOW, February 23. /TASS/. World rhythmic gymnastics champions Dina and Arina Averina have retired from sports, President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner said.

Russia’s Iuliia Bravikova has been crowned as the rhythmic gymnastics all-around champion. The 18-year-old finished the event with a score of 71.200. Ekaterina Selezeva, also of Russia ...

Rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics saw a dramatic changing of the guard after two decades of Russian dominance. In both the individual all-around and group finals, the Russian favorites ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 21. /TASS/. The Russian national team in rhythmic gymnastics won gold Olympic Games in 2016 in group competitions. Silver went to the team of Spain, while the Bulgarian team ...

Rhythmic gymnastics is, perhaps, with synchronized swimming, the discipline that Russia has mastered the most since its incorporation into the Olympic program in Los Angeles 1984. It is true that ...

Dina Averina, knocked down for being Olympic runner-up in Tokyo 2020 Meanwhile, the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics (FSGR) said that the organization was considering appealing the ...

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 ...

They are his children with ex-wife ... of two qualities crucial in rhythmic gymnastics - flexibility and agility." Ms Kabaeva would become known as "Russia's most flexible woman".

Russia has won 10 of the 17 titles since rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic event. Only Spain, Canada, and Israel have ...