Gymnastics for everyone

After the end of the Russian Championships, choreographer Lyudmila Duganova and Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg warmly congratulated Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region on the first place. And Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked coach Tatiana Amelchenko, who had worked with Arina before.

The athlete made a special report for you on one of the tournament days. She talked to the participants of the competitions, Alina Galochkina from the Vladimir Region, Sofia Nikolskaya and Anastasia Rybina from the Moscow Region.

At the Russian Championship, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva was congratulated on the upcoming March 8 holiday by world swimming champion Alexander Krasnykh, world artistic gymnastics champion Ivan Stretovich, NBA champion Timofey Mozgov, world bobsled medalist Dmitry Trunenkov, Olympic canoe sprint champion Yuri Postrigay, Olympic diving champion Ilya Zakharov, world sambo champion Suren Balachinsky, and Olympic artistic gymnastics champion Artur Dalaloyan.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coach Elizaveta Chernova, choreographer Elena Egorova, two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva, former coach of Arina Tatiana Amelchenko, and the entire team of the Academy — each contributed their knowledge, experience, and support to this result.

Alina Kabaeva helps the gymnasts to see growth points in mistakes. After the performances, she sorts out together with the athletes why inaccuracies occurred in the program and advises how to avoid them further on.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva's clubs training with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region.

She won both event finals without a loss and earned bronze.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg about that after the clubs routine on the third qualification day of the Russian Championships.

The gymnast showed an extremely difficult boomerang.

We invite you to look back at how this routine was created. The choreographer was Natalia Belugina. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coaches Evgenyia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina also played an active role in the process.

This is precisely what Alina Kabaeva taught Alexandra Borisova. After the Moscow championship, the gymnast listened to the guidance of the Olympic champion and worked on her mistakes together with her coach Irina Gusarova, so that a month later she could perform decently at the Russian championships.

Before her performance, Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgeniya Kanaeva helped the gymnast work on the details and get ready for the performance, and afterward corrected her mistakes.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka helped Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg not to loose the mood of the music in her ball exercise by suggesting that she emphasized the accents.

It's important to work together, as a team, on the path to victory. This is precisely what the Olympic champion emphasized after the awards ceremony.

A fragment of the gymnast's performance at the Russian Championships.

Five rolls of Eva from the Tyumen Region and the planchet pirouette of Arina from the Novosibirsk Region are in this video. Academy gymnasts topped the list in these events.

She qualified for the individual events finals at the Russian Championship with it, finishing sixth.

Two-time Olympic champion Evgeniya Kanaeva worked hard to engage the athlete's full potential while creating a new ball routine for Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd.

These are exactly the words Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva said to Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region during the qualification at the Russian Championships.

Her coach, Irina Gusarova, was also with her.

The program was created by Irina Zenovka, Alina Festival choreographer, while Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Mariia's personal coach, Irina Gusarova added interesting details.

Before and after her performance at the Russian Championship, the Olympic champion stayed in touch with our gymnasts.

The video features a turn performed by our Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg. Incidentally, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva analyzed his technique with the athlete.

We want to recall one of the training sessions, during which Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva said some very important words to the girls. It was with this spirit that they took to the court, fighting to the end and showcasing the champion's spirit even in their first senior competition.

Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg performed her hoop routine perfectly at the start of the 2026 Russian Championship, taking the lead in the standings.

Alina Kabaeva reminded everyone of the importance of total dedication and also shared an effective training method, citing five-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Nellie Kim as an example.

Now take a look at how the Academy prepared to support their friends at the Russian Championship and how they congratulated the group gymnasts on their victory!

We asked the athletes about their new routines and the significance of this competition. Agata Barekzai, Alisa Eremeeva, Anastasia Mikhailova, Anna Nikolaeva, and Sofia Solonskaya from St. Petersburg, along with gymnasts from the Russian Federation's regional team, Ekaterina Timoshenko, Alisa Chernyaeva, Nonna Nyanina, Maria Fedorovtseva, and Sabina Baiburina, shared their thoughts.

We worked with the coaches to thoroughly analyze each routine, and before they took to the floor, precise and important words were spoken. We show how Alina Kabaeva and Anna Ustsova prepared the athletes for the five-ball routine in the all-around.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked with Irina Zenovka, Alina Festival choreographer, who put together the Academy group gymnasts routine with five balls.