September 22, 2026

North Korea has produced World Championship medallists in this Olympic discipline, including Sun Duk Jo and Myong Sim Choi, while Romania enjoyed peak success in the 1980s and 1990s with silver medallist Doina Stăiculescu and later Irina Deleanu. Which judged sport, performed with clubs, ribbons, hoops and ropes, is it?

A Synchronized swimming
B rhythmic gymnastics
C taekwondo
D cycle sport

Rhythmic gymnastics is judged on grace and precision using handheld apparatus like clubs, ribbons, hoops and ropes. Romania's silver medal through Doina Stăiculescu in 1984 and North Korea's World Championship medallists show the discipline reaches beyond its European heartland.

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