Gymnastics-Spain, Japan and Brazil book 2028 LA Games rhythmic gymnastics group places

Aug 16 : Spain, Japan and Brazil became the first nations to secure quota places for the rhythmic gymnastics group competition at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after finishing on the podium at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Frankfurt on Saturday.Spain claimed the world title, ahead of silver medallists Japan, while Brazil took bronze to secure the final available Olympic berth from the event.Japan's team of Hisano Taguchi, Megumi Nishimoto, Kaseno Tanabe, Natsumi Hanamura, Yuna Tanaka and Rin Manabe earned the country's first qualification spot for the Los Angeles Games across all sports.The result also marked Japan's return to the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics group all-around competition, having last competed at the Tokyo Games in 2021. "Now that I'm wearing this heavy meda