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| | Olympic Preview: Rhythmic Gymnastics |
 | | Rhythmic gymnastics routines should last between 75 and 90 seconds and the gymnasts are penalized for every second they finish over or under the time allotment. |
 | | While mainstream or artistic gymnastics is performed on an apparatus like the vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor, rhythmic gymnastics, a strictly female event, is performed with an apparatus. |
 | | The five disciplines in rhythmic gymnastics, once called modern gymnastics, are rope, hoop, ball, ribbon, and clubs. |
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