It’s a clean sweep for Russia in rhythmic gymnastics, just as it’s been at the last three Olympics.
The Russians won their fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the group event Sunday, easily beating Belarus. With Evgeniya Kanaeva winning the individual all-around Saturday, Russia has now won both rhythmic titles at every Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Games.
… Russia finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of Belarus with a total score of 57 points, delighting the big contingent of Russian fans in Wembley Arena.
Italy, which had hoped to break Russia’s stranglehold on the Olympic gold after winning the last three world titles, was third after appearing to make mistakes on both of its routines. …
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