Question: Do men or women compete in rhythmic gymnastics?
About the article "Gymnastics", section "Rhythmic gymnastics".

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Two gymnasts will compete in the rhythmic gymnastics competition. 
Combining elements of ballet, gymnastics, theatrical dance, and apparatus manipulation, Rhythmic Gymnastics, once largely considered a sport for women and girls, is growing in popularity among men as well.
The Japanese's version of Men's rhythmic gymnastics includes tumbling and is performed on a spring floor.
Men compete in four types of apparatus: rope, stick, double rings and clubs.
Groups do not use any apparatus.
Japan hosted the first men's world championships in 2003.
Rhythmic gymnastics as a sport began in the 1940s in the former Soviet Union.
It was there that for the first time, the spirit of sports was combined with the sensuous art of classical ballet.
(To Isadora Duncan, we credit the famous rebellion against the dogma of classical ballet and the shift toward the creation of a new discipline that would blend art and sport.
)Recognized in 1961 as 'modern gymnastics', later 'rhythmic sportive gymnastics', rhythmic gymnastics experienced its first World Championships for individual gymnasts in 1963 in Budapest.
Today, Rhythmic gymnastics as a sport continues on, and hobbyists have adopted rhythmic gymnastics props such as the women's Ball, Clubs, Hoop, Ribbon, and Rope, plus the stick and rings of men's gymnastics, as exercise and recreational gear.
These props have found their way into the modern 'juggling and dexterity play community' where they are used to perform tricks and maneuvers for fun fitness, and flexibility. 
Rhythmic gymnastics is largely performed by women and girls, but a growing number of men participate in a few countries.
Athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities and skills as their female counterparts, such as hand/body-eye co-ordination, but tumbling, strength, power, and martial arts skills are the main focus, as opposed to flexibility and dance in women's rhythmic gymnastics.
There are a growing number of participants, competing alone and on a team; it is most popular in Asia, especially in Japan where high school and university teams compete fiercely.
, there were 1000 men's rhythmic gymnasts in Japan.
Men's rhythmic gymnastics is related to both Men's artistic gymnastics and wushu martial arts.
It emerged in Japan from stick gymnastics.
Stick gymnastics has been taught and performed for many years with the aim of improving physical strength and health.
The technical rules for the Japanese version of men's rhythmic gymnastics came around 1970s.
For individuals, only four types of apparatus are used: the double rings, the stick, the rope, and the clubs.
Groups do not use any apparatus.
The Japanese version includes tumbling performed on a spring floor.
Points are awarded based a 10-point scale that measures the level of difficulty of the tumbling and apparatus handling.
On November 27–29, 2003, Japan hosted the Men's RG World Championship.
This first championship drew five countries from two continents: Japan, Canada, Korea, Malaysia, and the United States.
The 2005 World Championship included Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Russia, and USA.
Men's RG is not currently recognized by the FIG.
There are, particularly in Europe, some male rhythmic gymnasts who train and perform in much the same way as their female counterparts.
They are, however, not eligible to participate in any major competition.
Examples include Rubén Orihuela (Spain), Ismael Del Valle (Spain), Jose Sanchez Diaz (Spain), and Thomas Gandon (France). 
Only women compete in rhythmic gymnastics although there is a new version of this discipline for men being pioneered in Japan (see Men's rhythmic gymnastics).
This is a sport that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation.
The sport involves the performance of five separate routines with the use of five apparatus; ball, ribbon, hoop, clubs, rope—on a floor area, with a much greater emphasis on the aesthetic rather than the acrobatic.
There are also group routines consisting of 5 gymnasts and 5 apparatuses of their choice.
Rhythmic routines are scored out of a possible 30 points; the score for artistry (choreography and music) is averaged with the score for difficulty of the moves and then added to the score for execution.
International competitions are split between Juniors, under sixteen by their year of birth; and Seniors, for women sixteen and over again by their year of birth.
Gymnasts in Russia and Europe typically start training at a very young age and those at their peak are typically in their late teens (15–19) or early twenties.
The largest events in the sport are the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, World Cup and Grand-Prix Series.
Men are excluded from two sports at the summer Olympics; synchronised swimming and rhythmic gymnastics.
Males are portrayed in the media as having to have strong, muscular, chiseled bodies in order to be successful in life.
Competitive sports have also taken on this depiction by building a sense of masculinity within each male sporting event, as well as providing a venue for violence and aggression that is not frowned upon as it would be in the public eye.
The magnitude of success a man has is what measures their amount of masculinity, which is then glorified in the media.
Gymnastics for males is tailored only towards those that are muscular and defined, rather than the boys that are thin and lean, due to the equipment that is used.
These boys could compete with the women, but are not permitted to participate with the other sex, and males have different events that require a greater amount of strength to women.
The men that do compete in gymnastics at a competitive level are defined as 'men' because of their build.
Figure skating in competition varies between men and women.
In 1992, men were required to complete three triple jumps within their program or routine, whereas women were prohibited to do more than one.
The male figure skaters that were more of the artistic type were at a disadvantage when this rule was in place, as well as the powerful women that were unable to show their strength.