Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva congratulated the Academy team on the successful performance of junior individual gymnasts at the Russian Junior Championship

"Congratulations to our juniors on their respectable performance at the Russian Junior Championship. For many of them, this competition marked an important milestone and an opportunity to prove themselves at a high level.

 

These 14 medals are the result of a great team effort. I thank coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, Alina and Irina Gusarova, and Elizaveta Chernova, Elizaveta Zorkina, Alina Protasova for their attentive and consistent preparation of the athletes, as well as Elena Egorova and Ekaterina Belova for strengthening the gymnasts' choreographic foundation.

Special thanks to Russian National team Head coach Tatiana Sergaeva and National team Senior coach Marina Govorova!

I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of choreographers Ekaterina Sergeeva and Kirill Barkan, who visited the Academy and helped with preparations, as well as Nisa Chusovitina, a teacher and choreographer at Alla Dukhova’s TODES dance studio.

Many thanks to directors Irina Zenovka, Evgeniya Kanaeva, and Natalia Belugina. It was your work that helped bring out the gymnasts’ individuality.
 

I also appreciate the work of Academy Director Ekaterina Dyukova, psychologist Irina Kozyr, the chefs, the doctors, and the entire staff for everything you’ve done to achieve this result.

Grateful to the fans for the support! Your incredible emotions push the gymnasts towards victory.

We will continue to move forward and work on new challenges. I'm sure our athletes have many more successful competitions ahead of them!"