Why do people call gymnastics rhythmic gymnastics?

Answer 1

There are two main kinds of gymnastics. One is artistic gymnastics, which is far better known than rhythmic, and is the type of gymnastics that athletes such as Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, and Nastia Liukin have participated in. The second is rhythmic gymnastics, and: They call it rhythmic gymnastics because the routines are done to a rhythm of classical, jazz, blues, or Rock Music. There is also trampoline, but it is even less well known than rhythmic...