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Watch how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva motivated her for these performances in the new video!

The stands at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest were filled with a special energy thanks to the fans. In this video, we've collected the most heartfelt testimonials and wishes from those who watched holding their breath every time they took to the floor.

The silver medalists, the Moscow-based All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society (VFSO) Labor Reserves team, spoke about their preparation plans and their emotions about the result. The gymnasts from Omsk Region, who won bronze in the all-around and silver in the five-ribbon routine, noted the high level of competition and shared their impressions of the other participants' performances.

Let's take a look behind the scenes at the tournament and see how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva helped the gymnast prepare for her performance.

A technically perfect routine is only half the battle; the other half is managing your pre-performance jitters. This is exactly what Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova discussed with St. Petersburg’s Mariia Borisova at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Featuring how the group exercise gymnasts from St. Petersburg and the President of the St. Petersburg Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, Tatiana Kolesnikova congratulated Alina Kabaeva on her birthday.

What have the athletes managed to see in Moscow? And what were they working on after the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup? Sofia Melnichuk, Ariana Keliotis, Ailun Suerkulova, Nazik Kuttubekova and Bella Kudaibergenova told us about that.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva found the right words to help the athlete from the Tyumen Region get into the right frame of mind right from her first event.

Showing genuine emotions!

The result at the tournament in Moscow is in our video. The Russian junior national team topped the list in the all-around!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva set the athletes up before going out to the floor.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the Academy gymnasts prepare for their coming out to the competition floor and offered tips on what to focus on.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva addressed this parting word to the Academy juniors, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, before the start of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Gymnasts from the Zhemchuzhina Gymnastics Center also recorded a video to congratulate Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

She presented the gymnasts with a cake. And the girls blew out the candles!

Let’s watch!

Take a look at the video from both experts and athletes.

Take a look at how the little gymnasts did.

Alexandra Borisova and Yana Sakovich from Moscow, Miroslava Monina from Penza, and Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz spoke about the cities' contributions to the Victory and how the memory of the heroic past is preserved today.

Diana Kotlovskaya and Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg, Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen Region, Varvara Toporova from the Republic of Kalmykia, and Alisa Shunina and Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd spoke about how different cities of the Soviet Union experienced those terrible years.

On the morning of May 9, the Academy gymnasts watched the broadcast of the parade on Red Square, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The lyrics and music were written by Elena Plotnikova.

Watch a video of a lesson about the decisive operations that made the Soviet Union's victory possible.

Kira Egorova, Arina Kachagina, Vladislava Araksina, Sofia Fedorova, Elena Baranova, and Sofia Khablo shared their thoughts and emotions about their victory.

The judokas met on the tatami with athletes from the Sirius Federal Territory Multidisciplinary Gymnasium and Abkhazia.

The athletes participated there in a swimming race, one of the festival stages.

Tournament director told about the tournament, how many gymnasts are participating, and the quota for the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest. She thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for the opportunity to host the competition at the Academy.

She thanked the coaches, organizers, and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for their contribution to the development of rhythmic gymnastics in our country.

We’re sharing a video of one of the lessons, during which students learned about the key events that changed the course of the war.