She is pretty, graceful, talented, and has a sports family behind her. Anna Bessonova seems to have all these needed to make a successful rhythmic gymnast. The 24-year-old Ukrainian has not failed her ...

After four rotations of competition, Russian gymnast Olga Kapranova topped the final squad of 10 qualifiers in Thursday's Individual All-Round qualifications of the 2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva easily outclassed her rivals with routines oozing grace and charm to win the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics all-around gold on Saturday. Picking up the top ...

Gold medalist Evgenia Kanaeva (C) of Russia, silver medalist Daria Kondakova (L) of Russia and bronze medalist Anna Bessonova of the Ukraine pose for photos during the awarding ceremony for the rope ...

The 2004 bronze medalist, Bessonova wrested power from the Russians by winning her sport's world title in 2007. Now she arrives in Beijing with a cloud over her coach, former world champion Irina ...

Olympic champion Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia won two more gold medals at the rhythmic gymnastic world championships on Thursday, adding the ball and ribbon events to the hoop and rope gold medals she ...

Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva posted the highest score in each of the four rotations to win the individual rhythmic gymnastics all-around gold. Kanaeva got identical scores of 18.850 on her rope and hoop ...