Editing Rhythmic gymnastics (section)

{{short description|Gymnastics discipline}}
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{{Infobox sport
| image          = Rhytmic Gymnastics Group 10 Clubs final - 27th Summer Universiade 2013 - Kazan.webm
| imagesize      = 220px
| caption        = Rhythmic gymnastics Group 10 clubs final, 27th Summer Universiade 2013, Kazan
| union          = [[Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique]]
| country/region = Worldwide
| contact        = No
| mgender        = No
| category       = Gymnastic sport that involves artistic movement
| olympic        = Since [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
| IWGA           = [[2001 World Games|2001]]{{snds}}[[2021 World Games|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Gymnastics-59 |title=Gymnastics &#124; iWGA |publisher=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
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'''Rhythmic gymnastics''' is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: [[hoop (rhythmic gymnastics)|hoop]], [[ball (rhythmic gymnastics)|ball]], [[Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics)|clubs]], [[ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics)|ribbon]] and [[rope (rhythmic gymnastics)|rope]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics - History |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pages/disciplines/rg-history.php |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/gymnastics-rhythmic|title=Gymnastics Rhythmic – Summer Olympic Sport|date=2019-09-12|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> The sport combines elements of [[gymnastics]], [[dance]] and [[calisthenics]]; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the [[International Gymnastics Federation]] (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963.<ref name=":0" /> At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.

Rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic sport in 1984, when the individual all-around event was first competed, and the group competition was also added to the Olympics in 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The most prestigious competitions, besides the Olympic Games, are the World Championships, World Games, European Championships, European Games, the World Cup Series and the Grand Prix Series. Gymnasts are judged on their artistry, execution of skills, and difficulty of skills, for which they gain points. They perform leaps, balances, and rotations (spins) along with handling the apparatus.<ref name=":1" />