Rhythmic gymnastics
Two-time U.S. champion and World all-around finalist Rebecca Sereda of Staten Island, N.Y./Isadora, is seeking her third-consecutive senior all-around title. 2013 U.S. senior silver-medalist and World all-around finalist Jazzy Kerber of Highland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center is also competing at the championships. The USA’s rhythmic Youth Olympic Games representative and defending U.S. champion Laura Zeng of Libertyville, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, headlines the junior field.
Rhythmic gymnastics is characterized by grace, beauty and elegance combined with dance and acrobatic elements, while working with ribbons, balls, hoops, ropes and clubs in a choreographed routine to music. The choreography must cover the entire floor and contain a balance of jumps, leaps, pivots and balances. Only four of the apparatus are competed each quad, and the four for 2016 are hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. Each movement involves a high degree of athletic skill. Physical abilities needed by a rhythmic gymnast include strength, power, flexibility, agility, dexterity, endurance and hand-eye coordination.
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