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Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Irina Gusarova noticed that Alexandra Borisova from Moscow lacked emphasis after the fouetté.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Irina Gusarova suggested to Mariia Borisova how to play up the accent after the fouetté and make the moment more striking.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva noticed that Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region was not quite comfortable performing part of the ball routine.

Before the Russian Championship, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg properly distribute her strength in her ribbon routine.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva found it!

This was the topic of a training session for junior group gymnasts at the Academy with Kirill Barkan, the choreographer for the Russian National team.

During a training session at the Academy, Alina Kabaeva showed Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region how to enter a planche to save time. The gymnast got it right!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg how to add artistic details to her ribbon routine to give it even more expression.

During one of the training sessions ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the Olympic champion, along with coaches Elizaveta Chernova and Olga Minigalina, helped Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region adjust her ribbon routine to avoid losing points.

Yana Zaikina from Volgograd practiced her side turn in Novogorsk together with two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva.

Take a look at how the coach helped the gymnast correct flaws in her clubs routine in Novogorsk.

Before the Russian Championship, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina improve her clubs flip technique and reminded her to get used to the high tempo of the program.

During one of the training sessions at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Anna Ustsova brought this to the attention of the senior group gymnasts. They suggested what accents could be added to the routine with three hoops and two pairs of clubs.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region adjust her wrist position to make her hoop throw more comfortable, while Russian National team Head coach Marina Govorova explained the right technique.

The children learned about the history of the 2014 Olympic Games, answered questions about various sports, and completed tasks.

Together with Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva, they discussed what's important to pay attention to when doing rolls and how to make them cleaner.

How do you achieve a smooth transition between rolls? And how do you perform them so they count? Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region find the answers to these questions by demonstrating the technique.

During a training session in Novogorsk ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the Olympic champion suggested adding a small but striking detail to the ribbon routine performed by St. Petersburg’s Mariia Borisova, wrist gesture during the rotation.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Academy coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, and Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region discussed the elements of the move during a training session in Novogorsk.

The gymnast is competing in Spain under neutral status. 

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region to work with clubs without tumbling, to feel the flight of the apparatus and find the right trajectory and height.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva signed autographs for young gymnasts and explained how to get into the Academy.

Watch the new video to see how artistry revisions for the clubs routine of Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg took shape at a workout in Novogorsk, and how they materialize at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup.

We dropped in on the specialist's class, where Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow performed exercises to develop various muscle groups.

The international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup tournament was held at the world's largest ice arena, SKA Arena.

The Indian gymnasts captivated everyone with their charisma at the international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup tournament.

Two-time Olympic bronze medalist in basketball, Natalia Vodopyanova, was the guest of honor at the international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup tournament.

Alina Kabaeva worked on a series of jumps with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region during a training session in Novogorsk ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup.

Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg was reminded of this by the Olympic champion on the first day of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup.

For the girls that have just started practicing rhythmic gymnastics, the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup provided an opportunity to take a photo with the Olympic champion and get her autograph.