Rytmisk gymnastikk

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Rytmisk gymnastikk er en sport hvor individuelle utøvere eller tropper bestående av fem gymnaster utfører et program med et av fem redskaper: Ball , Køller , Ring, Bånd ( vimpel ), og Tau. Programmet kombinerer elementer av balett , turn, dans, og redskapsteknikk. Vinneren er den utøveren som får høyest poengsum, poengene gis av et dommerpanel som gir poeng for sprang, balanser, pirruetter, bevegelighet, redskapsteknikk og artisteri.

Sportens styringsorgan, FIG (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique), endret reglementet i 2001, 2003 og 2005 for å emphasize tekniske elementer og redusere subjektiv dømming. Før 2001, judging was on a scale of 10 like that of Artistic Gymnastics. Det ble endret til en 30-poengs skala i 2003 og i 2005 ble det endret til 20. Det er tre verdier som legges sammen og til slutt blir den endelige poengsummen- vansker, artisteri og utførelse.

Internasjonale konkurranser er split between juniorer, jenter under 16; og Seniors, for girls 16 and over. Gymnastene typically start training at a veldig young alder og those at their peak are typically in their late teens or early twenties.The largest events  in the sport are de Olympiske Leker, Verdensmesterskapet, and Grand-Prix Konkurranser.

Rhythmic gymnastics is largely a sport for jenter, but a growing antall of menn deltar. Den Japanese's version of Men's rhythmic gymnastics inkluderer tumbling and is performed on a spring floor. Poeng are awarded based a 10-poengs skala som measures the vanskelighetsgrad of the tumbling and apparatus handling. Individuals compete in fire types of apparatus: tau, stav, doble ringer og køller. Tropper do not use noen redskaper. Japan hosted det første verdensmesterskapet for menn i 2003, drawing teams from Canada, Korea, Malaysia, og USA.

Rhythmic gymnastics som sport began in the 1940s in det tidligere Soviet Union. It was there that for the first time, the spirit of sports was combined with the sensuous art of Klassisk ballett. (To Isadora Duncan, we credit the famous rebellion against the dogma of classical ballet and the shift toward the creation of a new discipline that would blend art and sport.)

The FIG recognized this discipline in 1961, først som modern gymnastics, then as rhythmic sportive gymnastics, and finally as rhythmic gymnastics. The first World Championships for individual gymnasts took place i 1963 i Budapest, Ungarn. Tropper were introduced at the same level in 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rytmisk gymnastikk was added to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with an Individual All Around competition. However, many federations from the østeuropeiske countries were tvunget to boycott. Canadieren Lori Fung was the first rhythmic gymnast to earn an Olympic gold medal.