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Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg couldn't do a fouette during training, but Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova explained to the gymnast why it's important to go all the way, even if you have no strength.

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Sometimes gymnasts underestimate their strength, and it is the coach's job is to show them that they can do more. This is exactly what Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova talked about with Sasha Borisova from Moscow, helping her to work on pirouettes and jumps.

Immediately after Alina Kabaeva’s important words about the importance of overcoming the "dead point" in the program, it was decided to start working on the side pirouette.

Another control training session was held at the Academy. During the session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, staff and Academy group gymnasts took out the time to wish Nelly Reutskaya a happy birthday! 

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This is the advice that Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva gave to her student Karolina Tarasova when the gymnast performed the boomerang poorly.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva told Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina about this and helped her achieve a clean jeté en tournant performance. 

After an unsuccessful exercise with a hoop at a control training session, the Olympic champion pointed out the mistakes and the reasons for them to Karolina Tarasova. Alina Kabaeva shared a story about how she performed 18 elements in an exercise and learned to overcome difficulties during training and performances.

Take a look at how the Olympic champion helped Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg to overcome mistakes in her ribbon exercise. At the control training session, Alina Kabaeva supported the gymnast and reminded that the main thing is not to stop.

During the control training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva told Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg how to do it.

These questions were answered by the coach from the Bryansk region Alla Feofilaktova and gymnasts Elizaveta Kokur, Sofya Shumilkina, Milana Abramyan, Marina Tatarczuk, Lida Nikiforova, and Melike Gyurbuz.

Alina Kabaeva also emphasized that in order to achieve progress, it is important to continue working and add more and more expressiveness to the exercises.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded the Academy student Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and her coach Evgeniya Eliseeva about this because the athlete held the ball wrong during an exercise.

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She reminded the gymnasts that it is important not to skip them - this will help avoid losing points at the competition and make the performance expressive.

Alina Kabaeva reminded the athlete that it is important to finish everything to the end, because every detail affects the final score.

While practicing jetés en tournant with Alexandra Borisova from Moscow, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva emphasized that the difficulty and pace of the program should correspond to the level and capabilities of the gymnast.

During the control training, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and judge Zlata Tulubaeva noticed that Karolina Tarasova was uncomfortable performing the foot movement in the pirouette.

At the control training session, Alina Kabaeva worked on this element together with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina. She reminded the gymnast that the ability to maintain balance helps to engage all the muscles and perform this turn more confidently.

We are practicing the fouetté and pirouette technique together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy student Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd.

14.09.2025. During the run-through with clubs, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested that Karolina Tarasova add a jeté en tournant and helped her practice the fouetté.

During the run-through with clubs, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested that Karolina Tarasova add a jeté en tournant and helped her practice the fouetté.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, together with Zlata Tulubaeva, Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, helped the gymnast analyze the risk in the hoop exercise.

After the comments by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow worked on this element.

At the control training session at the Academy, Karolina Tarasova failed to perform a fouette well, but Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast and her coach Evgeniya Eliseeva why this happened and how to avoid this mistake in the future.

At the control training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, together with Olga Minigalina, Evgeniya Eliseeva and Ekaterina Lots helped Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow improve the elements in the exercise with the hoop and add artistry to it.

At an Academy control training session, Alina Kabaeva helped the gymnast from St. Petersburg figure out how to throw and catch at the feet during a risk. And after several attempts, Masha succeeded!

One of them was the contest for the best planche performance under the guidance of Anna Dyachenko, the senior coach of the Russian national team. Academy student Veronika Malinina from St. Petersburg took part in it.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noted that this is exactly the mindset that helps to shape the character of the athletes and teaches them to always do the best.