Hello, my name is Sofía. I am a gymnast and i am going to do a blog dedicated to rhyhmic gymnastics. I'm doing it to introduce you in this fascinating word. I hope you like it and you find it interesting.

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Rhythmic Gymnastics introduction

Rhythmic Gymnastics is a sport for one or five persons which is mostly practised by women's of a young age. Gymnasts manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus such as the clubs, the hoop, the ball, the ribbon,the rope or freehand, which means no apparatus.

Yana Kudryatseva 

Margarita Mamun 

• The ball must be made of rubber or soft plastic with a diameter of 18-20 centimeters. It must weight at least 400 grams.
• The hoop can be made of wood or plastic. Nowadays gymnasts normally use the plastic ones. It has an inner diameter of 80 o 90 centimeters. It has to weight at least 300 grams.
• The rope is made from hemp or different material. It's lenght depends on the height of the gymnast. Performances must have at least three leaps, as well as performances with the hoop.
• Gymnasts use two clubs of equal lenght, 40-50 centimeters. They are made of wood, plastic or rubber.
• The ribbon is a 7 meter strip of ribbon made from sattin or similar materials . The stick is about 50-60 centimeters. The ribbon must be in constant movement throught the routine. 

Rhythmic Gymnastics evolved from a host of related disciplines. It incorporates elements from classical ballet, such as pliés and arabesques, as well as the German system of emphasising apparatus work for muscles development and the swedish method of using free exercise to develop rythm.

The Olimpic Games and Rhythmic Gymnastics

This sport was integrated into the Olimpic Games program in 1984 in Los Angeles. Lori Fung, Canadian gymnast won the gold medal.

Evgenia Olegnova Kanaeva.

Evgenia Kanaeva is a Russian induvidual rhythmic gymnast, known for her elegant routines and High level of technical difficulty. She is the only rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic-all around gold medals. On the 4 of July Kanaeva recieved the International Fair Play Award for ''Sport and Life''.

Olympics Games won: 2008 summer Olympics and 2012 summer Olympics.

Chlidhood.

Kanaeva was born in Omsk, Soviet Union. Her grandmother intriduced her in the rhythmic gymnastics world at the age of 6. With 12 years she was selected to join a group of young rhythmic gymnasts from Omsk for try-outs in Moscow. With her performance she entered in the School of the Olympic Reserve. Since then she has been performing in internationals competitions.