Gymnasts wear their hair in a bun or a ponytail high on the head. On the feet, they wear toe shoes.
Different from Artistic Gymnastics, RG gymnast usually wear a different leotard for each routine. The leotard has to fit with the color of the apparatus and the style of the music. The leo is made of elastic material, such as lycra or velours. Here follows a little history about leotards, taken from RSG Leoweb.
Before the first worlds championships (1963):
During the 1920’ RG gymnasts wore skirts (but longer than now). In the 1930’, they wore
shorts and since the 1950’, leotards.
Until 1992:
The gymnasts’ outfits were strictly defined by rules. There were usually with one or two
colours only. And gymnasts who were supposed to wear an indecent leotards could be
sanctioned in their mark!
1992-1996:
Unitards appear in RG. The first who wore an unitard in a RG world competition was Ekaterina
Serebrianskaya (Ukr).
1997-2000:
Gymnasts could wear gold and silver leotards since 1997. The leotards became more flashy
and transparent.
Since 2001:
Skirts have been allowed in RG competition. The Russian girls were the first to wear skirts
(Kabaeva, Tchachina) in competition.
Future???:
Gymnasts wear their hair in a bun or a ponytail high on the head.
On the feet, they wear toe shoes.
