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Also: Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics (RSG); Rhythmics

An Olympic-level sport for one woman (or 5 women in group competition) consisting of a balletic floor exercise which demonstrates leaps, turns, balance and flexibility while moving and tossing handheld apparatus: a ball, a rope, a hoop, two clubs, or a ribbon.

Men's and Coed rhythmic gymnastic competitions currently exist in multiple countries, but are not recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.

Definition based on the Contortion Glossary by Greg Ullman and Tige Young