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Academy Life

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Important information!

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Competitions

In the Master of Sports Candidate program, Ksenia Savinova took first place after the first day, with Yana Zaikina in second.

Interim results of the Sirius Federal Territory Championship are in

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The first month of 2026 was eventful and marked the starting point of a new sports season.

Results of the month: January 2026

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The tournament is taking place in Elista from February 11-18.

Alesya Naifonova will take part in the championship of the North Caucasus Federal District

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The gymnasts born in 2011-2014 will compete for medals in individual and team events.

The Sirius Federal Territory Championship will be held at the Academy

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The movie was produced with the participation of the National Media Group, chaired by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Gymnasts watched the new movie Pinocchio at the Academy cinema

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MA Academy

During the tournament, the International Judo Federation also honored Russian judoka Timur Arbuzov as the 2025 Male Judoka of the Year.

The Russian national judo team won three bronze medals at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris

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The tournaments will take place on February from 11 to 17.

The Academy gymnasts will compete in the junior championships of the federal districtss, and at the junior championships of the Sirius Federal Territory and St. Petersburg

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Results of the team competitions of the Southern Federal District Championship

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Opinion

Varvara Toporova from the Republic of Kalmykia has joined the Academy team in this season.

Exclusive interview: 15 interesting facts about Varvara Toporova

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Yana's coach is Irina Gusarova, choreographer is Elena Egorova; Sofia's coaches are Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigaliina, and choreographer is Ekaterina Belova.

Yana Sakovich and Sofia Vorobyova won the team tournament of the Sirius Federal Territory

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She performed together with Ekaterina Dubovikova, Ksenia Ovsyannikova, Diana Shishkanova, Alisa Popova, and Maria Shapovalova. 

Anna Vakulenko became the bronze medalist of the Southern Federal District championship as a member of the Volgograd Region team

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She told how she worked on new programs with the hoop and the ball, which were staged by choreographer of the Alina Festival Irina Zenovka. 

"I will draw conclusions from these mistakes." Alexandra Borisova talks about the results of her performance at the Moscow Championship

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From this season, the All-Russian Board of Judges for Rhythmic Gymnastics forms a team of specialists to work at regional competitions. 


"This innovation is to make the judging more objective." Natalia Lashchinskaya talks about the innovation of the All-Russian Board of Judges for Rhythmic Gymnastics

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The young gymnasts talked with the Olympic champion.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva has come to a new training session for our preschoolers

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The tournament takes place at the Sirius Arena from 3 to 8 February.

Gymnasts of the Academy take part in the championship of the Southern Federal District and Sirius

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Sofia became the champion of the competition, Ekaterina and Maria took the second and third places.

Sofia Ilteryakova, Ekaterina Sazonova and Maria Dmitrieva summed up the results of the Moscow Championship

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The athlete placed 13th in the all-around at the Moscow Championships and earned the right to compete in the main national tournament.

The Academy gymnast Alexandra Borisova qualified for the Russian Championships

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During a training session, the Alina festival choreographer helped the Academy athletes achieve cleanliness and synchronicity, paying special attention to the final throws and poses.

Irina Zenovka worked with the Academy junior group gymnasts on the exercise with ribbons

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Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka joined her at one of the group training sessions.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva continues to work with the Academy gymnasts ahead of the new season

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The athlete will now compete in the all-around final.

Alexandra Borisova placed among the Top-10 gymnasts at the Moscow Championships

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Gymnasts practice new routines ahead of the starts.

The Academy continues active preparation for the new season with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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The Olympic champion took part in the preparation of gymnasts for the upcoming competitions.

A new training day was held at the Academy with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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The 1996 Olympic silver medalist shared her expectations for the new season and who her favorite is.

Yana Batyrshina shares her expectations for the upcoming season and her favorite gymnasts' programs

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The Olympic champion took part in the training of the athletes.

Alina Kabaeva worked with the gymnasts on their routines ahead of the start of the season

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They presented an exclusive book with a story about the doll Alina.

The Academy teachers gave a gift to Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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The national team prepared for the competition at the Martial Arts Academy in Sirius.


The Russian national judo team won 18 medals at the Open African Cup in Morocco

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Workouts

The athletes practice their programs before the first competition.

Gymnasts of the Academy continue training in Novogorsk

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Way to success

We learned more about her story at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025.

Exclusive interview with Lori Fung, the first-ever Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics

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We invite gymnasts born in 2012 to join the junior team, and gymnasts born in 2010 and older to join the senior team.



Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy is recruiting for its group exercises teams

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Having won gold medals in the individual all-around at the Olympic Games in Beijing and London, Evgenia Kanaeva became a legend of Russian sports and an example for generations of young gymnasts around the world. 


Exclusive interview with Evgenia Kanaeva, the two-time Olympic champion

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Rhythmic Gymnastics Veterans

Founder of rhythmic gymnastics in the Chelyabinsk region. Teacher, coach. USSR’s Excellent Education Worker.

Rhythmic Gymnastics Veterans. Antonina Alferova, founder of the Chelyabinsk school

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The new Academy coach spoke about the importance of working on specific muscle groups and the need for such training.

"Our goal is to make the body functional and stable." Ivan Goncharenko, the Academy specialist, talks about the new class format

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The athletes came to prepare for the first competitions of this season.

A training session of the Academy gymnasts took place in Novogorsk

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The athlete is currently at the Academy on probation and is practicing with coach Elizaveta Chernova.

Alisa Shunina from Volgograd told about the selection at the Academy

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The program comprised dance routines inspired by the culture of the peoples of the world.


Academy gymnasts visited the concert of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseyev

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Malika Timurshina and Elina Khabirova will perform in their home city of Kazan from January 21 to 23. 

Academy gymnasts will take part in the championship of the Republic of Tatarstan

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After the New Year holidays, the preschool gymnasts returned to training and developing lessons.

The Academy's youngest gymnasts started training

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Alexandra Timoshenko competed in the 1988 Olympic Games and finished third, and won Olympic gold in 1992. At the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025, we asked her to talk about her path in sports and share her key thoughts on doubts, motivation, and responsibility.


Exclusive interview with Alexandra Timoshenko, 1992 Olympic champion

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2000 Sydney Olympic champion, world champion, and three-time European champion Yulia Barsukova is the next focus in our series of exclusive interviews that we recorded at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025


Exclusive interview with Yulia Barsukova, 2000 Sydney Olympic champion

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We could not miss the opportunity to talk to the Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025. The result is the exclusive interviews about the path to the main victory, willpower and overcoming of difficulties.


Exclusive interview with Linoy Ashram, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics champion

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A gymnast from the Novosibirsk Region recently joined the Academy's team.

Arina Kovshova talked about moving to the Academy and her immediate plans

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The gymnast told how the adaptation goes and what goals the athlete sets for herself.

"I'd really like to see through all the plans I've made for myself." Varvara Toporova — about moving to the Academy

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The performance took place at the Sirius Concert Center.

The Academy group exercises team attended the The Nutcracker ballet

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Good wishes on International Choreographer's Day from the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy and the Sky Grace International Association.

Happy International Choreographer's Day!

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Here's the next challenge in our marathon!

Marathon of activities: January 8

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The Russian Gymnastics Federation has published the list.

The Academy gymnasts joined the Russian national team for 2026

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The specialist shared how Varvara is getting back into shape after the New Year holidays and thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for inviting her to the Academy.

"She wants to show results and be at her best!" Lyudmila Galchenko talks about Varvara Toporova's trainings at the Academy

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Now the gymnasts will live, study and train in Sirius.

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