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Doug Mills/The New York Times

Liubou Charkashyna of Belarus performing in the all-around rhythmic gymnastics ..
http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-rhythmic/ .. competition on Friday at the London Games.

By MARY PILON - Published: August 11, 2012

LONDON — Around and around they went, gracefully shimmying and passing balls, hoops and batons to and fro. The crowd roared as the rhythmic gymnasts, five to a team or competing as individuals, made their way through elaborately choreographed routines. They seemed to have it all: gallons of product in their hair, makeup caked on their smiling faces, and uniforms adorned with enough reflective matter to make a Vegas showgirl blush.

Gymnastics - Rhythmic Individual All-Around
?1 RUS Evgeniya Kanaeva
?2 RUS Daria Dmitrieva
?3 BLR Liubou Charkashyna


Doug Mills/The New York Times

Anna Alyabyeva of Kazakhstan competing in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics on Friday.

Perhaps just one thing was missing: men.

continued: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/sports/olympics/rhythmic-gymnastics-remains-women-only-at-olympics.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

sheer beauty to any beholder surely .. the music in all of these floor routines is magical, too ..

Evgenia Kanaeva Can Win Olympic Games London 2012 - Beijing 2008

Daria Dmitrieva Russian Gymnast in third round London 2012.MP4

Russian rhythmic gymnast Daria Dmitrieva in the third rotation
(ribbon) of the qualifying round of the the London 2012 Olympics.Published on Aug 10, 2012 by Londonworldrest

WC Tashkent 2012 - Gala Liubou Charkashina

World-Cup Tashkent 2012 - Gala of Liubou Charkashyna from
Belarus More videos and DVDs at http://www.gymnasticsdvd.de/
Published on May 21, 2012 by voltigierclips

LOVE 'EM .. LOL ..