Gymnastics for everyone

We peeked into a class in anticipation of Mother's Day and filmed the creative process. And in this video, you will also see the moms' reactions to the surprise!

Why should a gymnast bring something new even to a well-practiced routine? This is precisely the question discussed by Olympic champion, gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg and her coach, Irina Gusarova. Alina Kabaeva advised Masha to rewatch Maya Plisetskaya's performance to Bolero for inspiration. Masha's ribbon routine is choreographed to music from Bolero.

Take a look at the sweet musical greeting preschoolers from free early development groups prepared with all their hearts for their mommies!

Irina Zilber is an Olympic champion in the group routine at the Sydney Games and the director of the Center for Rhythmic and Aesthetic Gymnastics in Yekaterinburg, which hosts the All-Russian Hopes of Russia competition. During the tournament, Irina talked about preparing the gymnastics field for the start. We also asked her to evaluate the progress of the Academy's group routines. She shared the secret that helps her win!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva together with coaches Olga Minigaliina and Evgenia Eliseeva worked with Elina Khabirova from Kazan on the exercise with clubs. They prompted the gymnast how to improve the technique of executing a fouetté and what accents could be added. The result is a more confident and vigorous presentation of the exercise. Judge for yourself!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Olga Minigalina worked with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region on this. They advised Eva on when to increase the tempo to emphasize the rhythm of the music.

We've compiled a collection of moments from how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva coached Yana Zaikina from Volgograd before her hoop and ball routines at the Hopes of Russia tournament. At the end of the first day of competition, the gymnast placed third. Her coach is Evgeniya Eliseeva, and her choreographer is Elena Egorova.

How did their class go? And how do they see their moms? You will find out in the video!

In honor of Mother's Day, we decided to ask young gymnasts Ksenia Berest, Alexandra Pokhomova, Diana Yurkevich, Eva Vasilyeva, and judoka Alina Yastrebova, Arseniy Sanofeev, Eremei Serotyuk, Kristina Shcherbakova, and Salomon Aliyev questions about their moms. What were their moms like in childhood? What makes them happy? And what gifts do they want to receive? The answers are in this video!

Take a look at how Alina Kabaeva and coach Olga Minigalina helped Academy student Yana Zaikina from Volgograd improve her finishing touch in her clubs routine.

Alina Kabaeva discussed this with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and coach Olga Minigalina during a training session at the Academy. The Olympic champion advised the gymnast while practicing the exercise with the clubs to increase the tempo and give her best at the workout.

By the way, the background music is from the hoop routine of Academy student Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg!

Sometimes, to reach your full potential, you need to be willing to take risks. This approach will help you develop and make progress.

How did it turn out? And what the young gymnasts will deal with further on? Tatyana Ryupina, the senior methodologist of the Talent and Success educational foundation, talks about that.

This is exactly what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, along with coaches Olga Minigalina and Evgenia Eliseeva, explained to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region at one of the training sessions. You will find out in our new video how Eva used the pieces of advice and what her result evolved to be!

The Olympic champion also explained to Yana why artistry is an important criterion driving the final score.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast how important effects are for a high score in artistry! Together with coach Olga Minigalina, they also worked on the execution quality of the planche pivot.

The Academy staff presented flowers to Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg, Alexandra Borisova from Moscow, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd, and coaches Alina Gusarova and Olga Frolova.

She spoke about the ease of judging and the appeal of the rules.

Grace Ku, one of the organizers of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open from the Chinese side, also summarized the results for us.

Evgenia Eliseeva, who is now at the recovery camp in Abu Dhabi with Ksenia Savinova, also foĺlowed the workouts using a video link.

We came to a workout of the gymnasts that will take part in the Hopes of Russia national competition in Yekaterinburg.

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This and more is in our next video!

Rules of the Sky Grace International Association require from the gymnasts to perform more difficult and fascinating elements! How did pre-juniors Ksenia Evdokimova and Ksenia Bondarenko from Belarus and Karina Bogdanova from Russia change their programs to them at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025? The athletes explained that in a new video. They also shared their emotions from the competition. Ksenia Evdokimova won gold in the ball and silver in the clubs in Beijing. Karina Bogdanova came in second in the all-around. Ksenia Bondarenko had bronze in the all-around and silver in the rope and hoop events.

Simona Peycheva from Bulgaria, the guest of honor of the Sky Grace International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025, shared how she will remember the tournament in China and why she loves the Russian school of rhythmic gymnastics. She also noted how the conditions for gymnasts have changed since her performances.

Singer Wang Xi, who provided vocal accompaniment for the audience during the Along the Way performance, spoke about the unique experience of performing with gymnasts and noted the importance of cultural exchange between the two countries.

The rules of the Sky Grace International Association give athletes the opportunity to work with a challenging and interesting apparatus — the rope. This means revealing themselves in a new way.

In China, we spoke with one of the costume designers, Elena Litvinenko, about the process, which costume was the most challenging to create, and also asked her to tell us about the team of artists.

Alisa Medvedeva and Yana Sakovich from Russia, as well as Darya Grokhotova from Belarus, shared their thoughts.