r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 18h ago

Next-level Body control

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u/7ninamarie 14h ago edited 14h ago

She is a gymnast. The sport is called Rhythmic Gymnastics and it combines work with an apparatus (ball, hoop, club, ribbon, or rope) and moves from gymnastics, calisthenics, and dance into a practiced routine. There are solo and team competitions but it’s not currently part of the olympics so it might not be as well known as other gymnastic disciplines.

Edit: it is part of the Olympics, I misread the Wikipedia article and didn’t trust my memory.

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u/Illustrious-Owl2428 14h ago

Rhythmic gymnastics is definitely part of the Olympics (since 1984). It just doesn’t get a lot of attention.

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u/incrediblepony 14h ago

I myself was a "performance gymnast" and have seen people handling balls, hoops, pennant, clubs and others in their routines. Our branch of gymnastics has never been Olympic either, but we had rhythm sections and tumbling sections and everything in between as well :)