1. Rhythmic gymnastics

2. HISTORY Rhythmic gymnastics grew out of the ideas of Jean-Georges Noverre, François Delsarte and Rudolf Bode. They believed in movement expression, where one used dance to express oneself and exercise various body parts.

3. This idea was extended by Catharine Beecher, who founded the Western Female Institute in Ohio, United States, in In Beecher's gymnastics program, called "grace without dancing", the young women exercised to music, moving from simple calisthenics to more strenuous activities.

4. Competitive rhythmic gymnastics began in the 1940s in the Soviet Union
Competitive rhythmic gymnastics began in the 1940s in the Soviet Union. The first World Championship for individual rhythmic gymnasts was held in 1963 in Budapest.
Groups were introduced at the same level in 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with an Individual All-Around competition.

5. In 1984 rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic sport
Canadian Lori Fung was the first rhythmic gymnast to earn an Olympic gold medal. The Group competition was added to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The Spanish group won the first gold medal of the new competition.

6. Russian Olympic champion Marina Lobach (1988, Seoul)

7. Russian Olympic champion Aleksandra Tymoshenko ( 1992, Barcelona)

8. Russian Olympic champion Ekaterina Serebryansky (1996, Atlanta)

9. Russian Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva ( 2004, Athens)

10. Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport, performing of various gymnastic and dance exercises without subject or with rope, hoola hoop, ball, indian club, ribbon.

11. TRAINING Younger gymnasts training is limited to a few hours a day
TRAINING Younger gymnasts training is limited to a few hours a day. Older - up to fourteen hours a day. The main qualities of a gymnast - it will power, endurance, and plastic. As a rule, in years, many athletes have to part with exercises or go to a sports ballet. Only a few gymnasts continue career up to years.

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