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Who were the spectators at the Shining Star international tournament rooting for, and who surprised them? Emina Jabbarova and Samiya Yuldasheva, Yana Bikmaeva and Sofia Pak share their thoughts.

The gymnast’s choreographer is Natalia Belugina, an Alina festival choreographer. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina also played an active role in the creative process.

Choreographer Ekaterina Belova and judge Zlata Tulubaeva worked with Ksenia Savinova and Yana Zaikina. Coach Evgenia Eliseeva called the gymnasts immediately after the workout to ask about their first impressions and offer some important guidance ahead of the competition.

Ksenia Savinova's fouette and Alesya Naifonova's planché are here for you!

The young gymnasts learn new elements and practice exercises together with coach Elizaveta Zorkina.

Arina Kovshova, coach Elizaveta Chernova and judges Olga Frolova and Olga Minigalina returned home from the World Cup stage in Sofia!

Two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva produced the clubs routine for Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Evgenia Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped to practice it.

Alina Kabaeva showed Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow how to perform a risk with clubs correctly.

The gymnasts won three gold medals in Kazan: in the all-around and in the exercises with five balls and five ribbons.

The team won all possible gold medals.

Sharing an episode of the assessment training session of our group exercise gymnasts before the Russian junior championship.

The team from the Omsk Region presented images of Greek goddesses at the tournament in the exercise with five ribbons. The lineup: Sabina Kuzmina, Yulia Sevostyanova, Veronika Romanova, Varvara Maslennikova, Polina Maslova, and Ekaterina Ivanishcheva. Coaches: Elena Arajs and Oksana Kurganskaya.

Alina Kabaeva noticed at a training session in Novogorsk that Yana Zaikina from Volgograd made mistakes in them.

Why is it valuable for gymnasts to compete at the Russian Junior Championships Group exercise gymnasts Margarita Berkutova, Sofia Kutnenko, Anastasia Shatokhina, Amina Shamshutdinova and Anastasia Kondratenko from Samara spoke about that at the tournament in Kazan.

After the performance with balls at the Russian Junior Championship, our group exercise gymnast, began preparing for the second competition day together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coach Daria Pirogova, and choreographer Elena Egorova. The gymnasts also watched performances of the group exercise gymnasts at the World Cup stage in Sofia.

In preparation for the Russian Junior Championship, our gymnasts, along with the Olympic champion, paid attention to every detail.

Take a look how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva coached Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina to perform with the ball at the Russian Junior Championships all-around. It was with this event that Ksenia began her journey to gold.

Parents of the Academy group exercise gymnasts were among the fans at the Russian junior championship. They experienced every routine with the children and rejoiced in their success.

The Russian Junior Championship is in full swing. The tournament is again held in the capital of Tatarstan this year. We decided to check what gymnasts know about Kazan and national dishes, and also offered to guess the meaning of a few words in Tatar.

Three gold medals in a tournament out of three! And this is at the very first competition — the team was set up in January.

Our gymnasts were warmly supported not only in Kazan but also at the Academy during the Russian Junior Championship. The coaches and athletes experienced every performance on the competition mat together with the tournament participants.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Russian national team head coach Tatiana Sergaeva suggested polishing the roll in the program of Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region. Alina Kabaeva went through the details together with Evgenia Kanaeva, Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and Academy coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina.

Children from the Diveevo Boarding School, the G. V. Chicherin Center for Family Support and Assistance to Children, and the Tutaev Social Rehabilitation Center for Minors visited the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy and the Martial Arts Academy. They got acquainted with the training process and the opportunities for sports.

The gymnasts are in first place. Joining the girls at the competition in Kazan are coach Daria Pirogova and choreographer Elena Egorova.

The Olympic champion was on hand with the Academy gymnasts during the test. Together with Alina Kabaeva and coach Daria Pirogova, the athletes worked on risk.

Arina Kovshova, Sofia Ilteriakova, and the group gymnasts team made up of Sabina Baiburina, Maria Fedorovtseva, Amina Idrisova, Nonna Nyanina, Alina Rusanova, and Ekaterina Timoshenko are participating in the World Cup stage.

Video featuring Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. The gymnast also received assistance from coach Elizaveta Chernova and choreographer Natalia Belugina.

At the 2026 Russian Junior Championship, Alesya won silver in the ribbon gamble final. Her coaches are Alina and Irina Gusarova, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova.

After the training session, Daria shared her first impressions of the training and thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for the opportunity.

We show the programs of Ksenia Savinova, Alesya Naifonova, Yana Zaikina, Karolina Pakhtusova, and Elizaveta Geraskina.