31.   Also on the program was the rhythmic gymnastics all-around final.

32.   Another world champion won gold Sunday when Maria Petrova of Bulgaria took multiple competition honors in rhythmic gymnastics.

33.   At age nine she switched to rhythmic gymnastics because she was too tall for a dancer and when she fell it hurt.

34.   Basketball has been the best-seller in early ticket sales, followed by rhythmic gymnastics and baseball, although exact figures were not available, Nagamatsu said.

35.   Ekaterina Serebryanskaya of Ukraine was in first place after two rounds in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics preliminaries Thursday, just slightly ahead of teammate Elena Vitrichenko.

36.   Elena Vitrichenko and Ekaterina Serebryanskaya of Ukraine led the field of qualifiers that advanced Friday to the second round of Olympic rhythmic gymnastics competition.

37.   Extremely popular in Europe, rhythmic gymnastics has been slow to catch on in the United States.

38.   In rhythmic gymnastics, Alina Kabayeva of Russia won the all-around gold, leading each of the four disciplines.

39.   In rhythmic gymnastics, he said, there was a problem with girls using banned diuretics to lose weight.

40.   In rhythmic gymnastics, Russian swept all five golds.