Headless Rhythmic Gymnasts

Rhythmic gymnastics can bend and contort with the best of Cirque du Soleil performers. Warning: This gallery will make your neck hurt. -By Andrew Dubbins, Yahoo! Sports

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Dara Dmitrieva of Russia performs with a skipping-rope, unseen, as thrown into air, during the final of the rhythmic gymnastics World Cup 2009 tournament, in Ukraine's capital Kiev, on Sunday, Aug.16, 2009. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Dara Dmitrieva of Russia performs with a skipping-rope, unseen, as thrown into air, during the final of the rhythmic gymnastics World Cup 2009 tournament, in Ukraine's capital Kiev, on Sunday, Aug.16, 2009. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)