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Alina Kabaeva gave the junior group gymnasts tips on how to move without stopping. The gymnasts also received assistance from Russia’s Honored Coach Veronika Shatkova, coach and member of the All-Russian Board of Judges Ekaterina Lots, and Daria Pirogova.

During one of her training sessions with junior group gymnasts, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva praised the fouetté technique suggested by Russia’s Honored Coach Veronika Shatkova.

Training at Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy is a true team effort! The Olympic champion, along with Russia’s Honored Coach Veronika Shatkova, coach Daria Pirogova, and member of the All-Russian Board of Judges Ekaterina Lots, helped the Academy's junior group gymnasts refine their ribbon routine. Alina Kabaeva and Veronika Shatkova explained to Alina Chistyakova how to make her core and apparatus work more dynamic.

After participating in the opening of the Zenit-CSKA match, Mariia Borisova and the group gymnasts from St. Petersburg shared their impressions! Who are the world champions in the team all-around cheering for? What's it like to step into a football stadium and take part in the opening ceremony? And what do the athletes think football and rhythmic gymnastics have in common? Take a look at this video!

While working on the fouetté in Alesya Naifonova's ribbon routine from Vladikavkaz, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested rearranging the skill to make it more comfortable for the gymnast. Academy coach Alina Gusarova and coach and member of the All-Russian Collegium of Judges Ekaterina Lots helped correct the flaws in her execution.

While practicing the ribbon routine, the Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the junior group gymnasts increase their tempo after their jeté en tournant jumps by using rotation and suggested improving their throw technique.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested adding a signature element of 2016 Olympic silver medalist Yana Kudryavtseva to the routine. Russia’s Honored coach Veronika Shatkova praised this idea, noting that the new element made the routine even more beautiful. Watch the routine development in our video!

Together with Alina Kabaeva and their coach, Ekaterina Lots, a member of the All-Russian Board of Judges, the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy students performed exercises to improve their ball feel.

The Olympic champion noted the difficulty of the elements but asked the gymnasts to bring more emotions and energy, in order to make the performance engaging for the audience.

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Which muscles are primarily involved in this exercise? A chiropractor and family medicine physician answers this question in the new edition of the Anatomy of Gymnastics section. And the Academy coach complements the analysis with practical exercises, useful exercises for injury prevention.

Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg has come a long way to climb to the World Championship podium. Behind the beautiful performances and vivid emotions are workouts, endless repetitions, fatigue, mistakes, new attempts, and the desire to become better every single day.

After winning the team event at the World Championships, Mariia, along with Arina Lavrenova, Alisa Eremeeva, Anna Nikolaeva, Sofia Solonskaya, Agata Barekzai, and coach Elena Petunina, were invited to the match as guests of honor. Before the match, Mariia performed a symbolic kick.

Young gymnast Ulyana shared with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva her dream of joining the Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of Russia in Yekaterinburg. Shortly after, Academy Director Ekaterina Dyukova contacted Ulyana and her mother, Sofya Melikovna.

The Olympic champion asked to pay closer attention to the execution of the elements.

Alina Kabaeva asked Agnia Kraeva, Maria Turovets, and Arina Latysheva from Moscow to show what they can already do and gave them important advice on teamwork.

During one of the training sessions, the athletes prepared a routine to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's music from the Swan Lake ballet. Let's take a look at their result!

The Olympic champion met with the individual gymnasts of the Academy. Let’s take a look at what Alina Kabaeva and Honored Coach of Russia Veronika Shatkova discussed with the athletes.

The Olympic champion once trained under the specialist’s guidance. She now teaches choreography to the Academy students.

Children from the early development groups and learning and development coordinator Tatiana Kalestratova congratulated teachers Alina Gafiyatullina and Natalia Lobko on the start of the new academic year.

Alesya launched her new year especially brightly, since shortly after her birthday, she won gold in the all-around at the 13th Summer Student Spartakiad Final.

Under Veronika’s guidance, our gymnasts learn dance routines. Here, new movements, images, and ideas are born, helping the athletes develop their artistry, connect with the music, and become even more expressive.

They also received gifts from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Children and parents shared their impressions of the festive program: Anastasia Vasyukova and Amir Mageramov, Alisa and Olesya Troinovich, Anastasia Nekrasova and Pelageya Penskikh, as well as Mia Gadzhimuradova’s mother, Irina.

The routine was based on science and creativity: the gymnasts performed with balls that became the visual embodiment of atoms. The routine was choreographed by Academy coaches Daria Pirogova and Olesya Kovaleva.

The Academy's gymnasts are also preparing for the show. This time, they won't just be working on routines; they'll be creating an overall image and becoming part of a larger production. The girls shared how participating in the festival differs from preparing a regular program and what they expect from the upcoming performance.

It is led by choreographers Irina Zenovka and Aleksandr Mogilev. Together with a big team of participants, they are building the choreography, discovering interesting solutions, and achieving the unison of every single movement.

The youngest gymnasts continue to arrive for the selection to the free early development groups at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. Yulia Shanina, Maria’s mom, Maria Rakesheva, Anna Nefantova’s mom, and Ekaterina Izmestieva, Margarita’s mom, shared why they chose the Academy exactly for their daughters and how they were inspired by the athletic journey of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

After the first day of the tournament, our gymnast took first place in the preliminary qualification.