Isabella Wang is one of Australia's top rhythmic gymnasts. Of Korean ethnicity, she was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and currently trains at Le Ray Gymnastics. She started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 9, transitioning from ballet. Over the course of her career as an individual rhythmic gymnast, she represented Australia at many international competitions. Her first major senior international competition was the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and m

Behind the account team.stili, is Magi, a 17-year-old retired gymnast from Bulgaria. When she was about 5, she wanted to take up a sport, and her mother initially took her to a karate class, but she refused to do it. So next she tried rhythmic gymnastics, and like many of us, fell in love with the beautiful and unique sport. She competed in many competitions, but the most memorable was the 2021 Bulgarian Championships, where she won a medal with her team. After 9 years of do

Arina Ten first discovered rhythmic gymnastics at the age of five, after seeing a video of Irina Tchachina on television. For several months, she begged her mother to take her to a rhythmic gymnastics class. Initially, Arina's mother was hesitant, not wanting her to become a professional athlete. However, eventually she agreed, hoping that Arina would find the training too difficult and lose interest. However, in Arina's first training session, she was able ot brige and her

Melissa Diete debuted internationally as a junior in 2026, competing at Miss Valentine, Gymnastics International, and Gdynia Stars before being selected to represent Germany at the European championships in Varna, Bulgaria, where she performed excellently, winning silver with ball and bronze with ribbon. Following her success, Melissa Diete gave an exclusive interview to the Rhythmic Report, sharing her experience at Varna. What mindset did you enter the competition with? “I

Loving RG (Liv) is 18 years old and from Hungary. She started her second RG account in early 2025 after her first one got hacked, and has grown to over 3000 followers over the past year! In celebration of continuing her account even after having to start over from scratch, and hitting 3k followers, Liv agreed to answer a few questions about herself and her own RG journey for the Rhythmic Report How she discovered and her Journey in Rhythmic Gymnastics “There was a kid in the

Alice Taglietti first started gymnastics at the age of 6. She discovered it by seeing a poster featuring rhythmic gymnastics near her house, and she fell in love with the sport as soon as she entered the gym. Since then, Alice has had a very successful gymnastics career; she became a national champion in the junior category in 2020 and 2021, among other achievements. However, soon after, her professional career was put on pause, and Alice took a break from competitions. But s

Alice Taglietti ha iniziato la ginnastica all’età di 6 anni. Ha scoperto questo sport vedendo un poster di ginnastica ritmica vicino a casa sua e si è innamorata subito della disciplina non appena è entrata in palestra. Da allora, Alice ha avuto una carriera molto ricca di successi. È diventata campionessa nazionale nella categoria junior nel 2020 e nel 2021, tra gli altri risultati importanti. Subito dopo, la sua carriera agonistica si è interrotta per un periodo e Alice ha

Following the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian and Belarusian gymnasts were banned from international competition. Now, a little over four years later, the ban on both these countries has been lifted, and both Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete under their national flag and anthem. World Gymnastics officially stated “The EC has decided to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes with immediate effect. The FIG Ad-Hoc rules are

Aruzhan Kassenova, 19, was born and raised in Astana, Kazakhstan. She first started rhythmic gymnastics at three and a half, when her mother enrolled her in a club. At the time, it was nothing serious, just a sport to keep her active. However, that all changed after Aruzhan turned 10. It was her first National Kazakhstan Championships in the pre-junior category, and she placed eighth, which was the very last qualifying spot for the national team - and from then on, Aruzhan ha

The 2026 European Cup in Baku brought together many of Europe’s leading rhythmic gymnasts for four days of senior and junior competition, featuring individual, group, and Cross Battle events. This competition was hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the National Gymnastics Arena. In the cross battle, Daniela Munits took the gold, Taisiia Onofriichuk took silver, a nd Sofia Raffaeli finished in third. To view the full results, click here Following the European Cup in Baku, Andreea

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New Award Ceremony Rules. After the incident in Sofia, Bulgaria, when Russian gymnast Sofiia Ilteriakova stood with her back to the Ukrainian flag after Taisiia Onofriichuk won the gold medal in the hoop final, a new set of ceremony rules was released. Following this occurrence, which happened at the World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, held towards the end of March, there was much controversy and debate about whether Sofia Ilteriakova's status as a neutral athlete should be removed

Anastasiia Kulyk is a 22-year-old gymnast, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She began participating in sports from a young age. At 9, while she was doing Taekwondo lessons (a Korean martial art), her coach noticed that her sister, who went with Anastasiia to her training sessions, was very flexible. He advised her to try rhythmic gymnastics, and she went to a trial session. It was not long before Anastasiia was invited to train, too. In the beginning, she only did it because her sis

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