The mid-air flips, the carefully balanced spins, the sky-high jumps — with the Summer Olympic Games finally here, almost everyone’s focus is zeroing in on gymnastics as one of the most popular events.

Rhythmic gymnastics is headed to Paris. While gymnastics is one of the oldest sports that this still practiced today, rhythmic gymnastics made its Olympic debut as a medal event in 1984. Stream NBC 5 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Although artistic gymnastics ended with the individual balance beam and ...

While artistic gymnastics wrapped up with a pair of captivating individual finals on Monday, rhythmic gymnastics will soon take center stage in Paris. The events, all of which are completed with the ...

While gymnastics has a long history - the International Gymnastics Federation was founded in 1881 - rhythmic gymnastics only developed more recently. The first rhythmic gymnastics world championships ...

For starters, it is important to note that rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only discipline. There are two different medal events during the Games: individual all-around and the group event. The ...