TOKYO — In the darkest days of the pandemic, Evita Griskenas was stuck practicing in her parents’ Illinois basement, occasionally breaking lightbulbs as she tossed clubs and hoops through the air and ...

PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Before striding on to the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics platform to perform her hoop routine, Germany's Margarita Kolosov took a breath, squared her shoulders and flung a small ...

Since the Atlanta 1996 Games when former Soviet countries began competing as individual nations, athletes from Russia and Belarus have twirled, pirouetted and tumbled their way to Olympic dominance in ...

The Paris 2024 rhythmic gymnastics competition will see a major shift as Russia and Belarus, dominant forces for decades, will not compete due to sanctions over the Ukraine invasion. Their absence ...

TOKYO (AP) -- In the darkest days of the pandemic, Evita Griskenas was stuck practicing in her parents' Illinois basement, occasionally breaking lightbulbs as she tossed clubs and hoops through the ...