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Rhythmic gymnastics can bend and contort with the best of Cirque du Soleil performers. Warning: This gallery will make your neck hurt. -By Andrew Dubbins, Yahoo! Sports
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US gymnast Julie Zetlin performs her ball program during the individual all-around qualifications of the rythmic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on August 9, 2012 at Wembley arena in London. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
Zhou Xiaojing of China bends backwards while performing her clubs routine during the Asian Games women's rhythmic gymnastics individual all around final in Bangkok, December 13. Zhou won the gold medal followed by Yun Myong-ran of North Korea and China's Wang Weiaxio.
Russia's Alina Kabayeva bends back during her gold medal performance in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop competition at the Goodwill Games in Long Island, NY, July 24. Kabayeva also won the gold medal in ribbon and clubs competition as well as the silver medal in rope competition.
Vojislava Cekerevac of Serbia performs with the ribbon during the qualifying round of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan September 9, 2009. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Irina Risenzon of Israel competes in the Individual All-Around final held at the University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Irina Risenson of Israel performs with the ball during the individual all-around competition final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky)
Ulyana Trofimova of Uzbekistan performs with the ball during the individual all-around competition final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky)
Loukia Trikomiti of Cyprus performs with the ball during the qualifying round of the the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan September 9, 2009. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Loukia Trikomiti of Cyprus performs with the ball during the qualifying round of the the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan September 9, 2009. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Russia's Eugenia Kanaeva jumps as she performs her routine with the rope during the rhythmic gymnastics qualifying round at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung July 17, 2009. The World Games will be held from July 16-26 in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung. (REUTERS/Nicky Loh)
Liubou Charkashyna of Belarus performs during the individual ball competition final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan, September 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Evgenia Kanaeva of Russia performs with the hoop during the individual all-around competition final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan, September 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Venezuela's Katherinh Arias performs during the individual ball competition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the South American Games in Medellin March 28, 2010. (REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez)
Ukraine's Alina Maksymenko performs during the individual ball competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship in Minsk, May 27, 2011. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Austria's Nicol Ruprecht performs during the individual hoop competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship in Minsk, May 27, 2011. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Silviya D.Miteva of Bulgaria performs with the rope during Rhythmic Gymnastic Word Cup in Debrecen, 250 km (155 miles) east of Budapest March 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh)
Alina Maksymenko of Ukraine performs during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor)
Aliya Yussupova of Kazakhstan competes in the Individual All-Around final held at the University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Venezuela's Katherine Arias performs during the individual Ball segment at the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition at the South American Games in Medellin March 29, 2010. (REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera)
Bulgaria's Bilyana Prodanova performs her routine with the rope during the rhythmic gymnastics qualifying round at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung July 17, 2009. The World Games will be held from July 16-26 in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung. (REUTERS/Nicky Loh)
Aliaksandra Narkevich of Belarus performs with the ribbon during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor)
Anna Gurbanova of Azerbaijan performs with the ball during the individual all-around competition final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky)
Evgenia Kanaeva of Russia performs during the gala show at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Moscow September 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor)
Son Yeon-jae of South Korea competes in the individual all around rhythmic gymnastics final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 26, 2010. (REUTERS/David Gray)
Son Yeon-jae of South Korea competes in the individual all around rhythmic gymnastics final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 26, 2010. (REUTERS/David Gray)
Poland's Anna Czarniecka performs during the individual ball competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship in Minsk, May 27, 2011. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Azerbaijan's Anna Gurbanova performs during the individual clubs competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship in Minsk, May 28, 2011. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Azerbaijan's Anna Gurbanova performs during the individual clubs competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship in Minsk, May 28, 2011. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Francesca Jones of Wales performs in the ball dicipline during the individual apparatus final at the IG Sports Complex during day eleven of the 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 14, 2010 in Delhi, India. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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Rhythmische Sportgymnastik: Berlin Masters 2004, Berlin; Band; Spezial 17.10.04. (Nadine Rupp/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Paysieva from Bulgaria performs with the hoop during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. She took the 8th place, the rope and hoop world cup was won by Ukrainian Anna Bessonova. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
Yiming Xiao from China performs in the individual rope final during the 28th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in the city of Patras, southern Greece, in this Sept. 21, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Australia's Kimberly Mason performs her ball routine during the Commonwealth Games rhythmic gymnastics all-around final in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Tony Feder)
Australia's Kimberly Mason performs her ball routine during the Commonwealth Games rhythmic gymnastics all-around final in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Tony Feder)
Olga Kapranova from Russia performs in the individual rope final during the 28th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in the city of Patras, southern Greece, Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. Kapranova won the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Yasmine Mohamed Rosto of Egypt performs with a skipping-rope at the rhythmic gymnastics World Cup 2009 tournament, in Ukraine's capital Kiev, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. (AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky)
Dara Dmitrieva of Russia performs with a skipping-rope, unseen, as thrown into air, during the final of the rhythmic gymnastics World Cup 2009 tournament, in Ukraine's capital Kiev, on Sunday, Aug.16, 2009. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Yamaguchi Runa, of Japan, performs with the rope during the Individual All-Around at the 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics world championships in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)