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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.

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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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.

Pre-junior Guo Yitong from China was among participants of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025. Her mom is Chen Sihui, the ex-gymnast that performed together with future Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva at the AEON Cup club world championship in 2003.

We spoke with young sambo wrestlers Egor Kurikhin, Vasily Blinov, and Eva Varkentin, who previously practiced gymnastics, at the Martial Arts Academy.

We took a look at a workout during the training camp and talked to Flora Mkhitaryan, the coach and international category master of sports.

The new weekly episode is dedicated to the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open results.

The senior group gymnasts from Hungary created this unusual image in their routine with three balls and two hoops. The athletes and their coaches were inspired by the fact that this year's World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro.

This video is from the stands of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025 and in focus are the spectators and fans.

Chief choirmaster of the Kuban Cossack Choir Andrey Kobelkov, People’s Artist of the Chechen Republic Adam Abubakarov and gymnast Vladislava Sharonova, world champion in women’s tumbling event Arina Kalyandra and pianist Lorenzo Bagnati from Italy shared their impressions in our video.

During rehearsals, the Olympic champion thanked the State Academic Dance Ensemble Vainakh and the Russian national team athletes that recently returned from the World Trampoline Championships for their participation in the gala show.

Want to know how the Chinese gymnasts prepared for the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025? How did they modify their routines, and did they enjoy adding new elements? Get the answers in an interview with senior Chinese gymnasts Xu Wenqi and Zhao Wenqi!

After the performances of the pre-juniors and juniors, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva spoke with the gymnasts of the Academy and noted what else needs to be worked on.

Academy Director Ekaterina Dyukova congratulated the athletes on the successful completion of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025. 

Laura Acosta, head judge of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025б spoke about the rules and the exchange of experience.

The junior group dancers from Uzbekistan took third place in the five-hoop routine at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025.