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Rhythmic gymnastics, 2010

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Rhythmic gymnastics, 2010

Mereana Rademakers of Christchurch competes in the senior international ribbon event, part of the rhythmic gymnastics title at the 2010 GymSports New Zealand championships in Hamilton. She was then the national rhythmic gymnastics all around champion. In this sport competitors perform a routine which usually involves manipulating either one or two pieces of apparatus: the ribbon, clubs, hoop, ball or rope.

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Mark Derby, Indoor sports – Gymnastics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41042/rhythmic-gymnastics-2010 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 7 March 2013, updated 1 June 2016.