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- Jan 7, 2011
janetfan, I don't think rhythmic gymnastics should be a guilty pleasure. Watching so much rhythmic gymnastics gave me a really deep and scary impression of just how difficult it is. It takes an inhuman amount of precision, balance, coordination and practice to achieve even the routines of the lowest ranked competitors here. It doesn't take as much brute strength and stamina as some other sports, to be sure, but how many other sports have athletes who can spin in a 225° arabesque split while dribbling a ball? And this is one of the most basic moves in rhythmic gymnastics at this level. The apex of any sport is to push the human body to an outrageous limit for the sake of good competition, and rhythmic gymnastics absolutely does that.