Olympic Doodle No. 16 presents „Rhythmic Gymnastics“ (Aug. 11, 2012). Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors (2 or more people) manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free (no apparatus). The victor is the participant who earns the most points, determined by a panel of judges, for leaps, balances, pirouettes (pivots), flexibilities, apparatus handling, execution, and artistic effect.
Here the doodle:

London 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics
It’s the third „Rhythmic Gymnastics Doodle“ in the history of Google Doodles. For the summerolympics 2008 in Beijing Google shows a cow (!?) – funny idea:

Rhythmic Gymnastics Doodle 2008 (Beijing)
And during the olympics 2004 in Athens Google shows this Doodle to present „Rhythmic Gymnastics“:

Rhythmic Gymnastics Doodle 2004 (Athens)
All three Doodles show a female athlete with a rope (satin, 6 meter long).
As allways here the doodle as video-documentation:
To give an idea of the elegance and artistic harmony here a video with amazing examples of Rhythmic Gymnastics:
Nice, isn’t it? One more?
More about Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Wikipedia: Rhythmic gymnastics
- london2012.com: About gymnastics rhythmic –
- TheNewsTribe: London 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics
More Olympics 2012 Doodles
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