Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final, Russia gold

Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final, Russia gold

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase (R) and Airi Hatakeyama perform with ribbons during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeed Yokota and Airi Hatakeyama (from L to R) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeed Yokota (from front to back) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kotono Tanaka, Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeedyokota, Airi Hatakeyama and Rina Miura (from R) wave to the crowds after their ball performance in the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeedyokota (from front to back) perform with the ball during the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

Olympics: Japan reaches rhythmic gymnastics team final

Olympics: Japan reaches rhythmic gymnastics team final

Japanese rhythmic gymnasts (from L) Sakura Noshitani, Rie Matsubara, Kiko Yokota, Airi Hatakeyama and Sayuri Sugimoto acknowledge the audience after performing in the team qualification at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. Japan placed fifth and advanced to the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo