As a little girl, there wasn't much that I enjoyed more than going to my weekly gymnastics class. Of course, being only about 4 years old at the time, it was mostly just jumping around and diving into ...

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 ...

Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia performs with the rope. Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva reigned supreme in the women's individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics yesterday. Kanaeva's gold yesterday at the BJUT ...

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 ...

Anna Bessonova is the daughter of Dynamo Kiev football player Vladimir Bessonov and world champion group rhythmic gymnast Viktoria Bessonova. (Getty Images)(ATR) Fifty federations sent athletes to the ...

Anna Bessonova of Ukraine wins Gold, Silver and Bronze in the rhythmic gymnastics apparatus final at World Games fin Duisburg, Germany on July 21, 2005. Event finals in rhythmic gymnastics are only ...

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 ...

All-Around medalists (L-R) Anna Bessonova of Ukraine (silver), Olga Kapranova of Russia (gold), and Irina Tchachina of Russia (bronze) show their medals at rhythmic gymnastics World Championships in ...