Gymnasts and group teams from different regions will compete under the Sky Grace International Association quota at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.Individual gymnasts Angelina Ipatova, Sofya Nikolskaya, Kira Arefyeva, and Ksenia Kolyadina have been given the opportunity to showcase their skills at the tournament in St. Petersburg.As well as group gymnasts from the Republic of Karelia: Alexandra Anisimova, Evelina Batashova, Alexia Bogoslavskaya, Daria Pushkar, Yanina Doroshenko, Ksenia Osipova; the Tula Region: Vasilisa Kalnina, Viktoria Kharutina, Evelina Titova, Varvara Borisova, Sofia Chudnova; St. Petersburg (Lesgaft Sport): Alexandra Bleikh, Zhanna Mochalova, Anna Marushchak, Olga Izotova, Alexandra Laktyushina, Anna Olivenko; and the Volgograd Region: Anna Belenova, Zlata Vysotskaya, Zlata Remchukova, Violetta Pleshakova, Valeria Spitsyna, Ekaterina Terekhova.&nbsp;

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Аssociation

Individual gymnasts Angelina Ipatova, Sofya Nikolskaya, Kira Arefyeva, Ksenia Kolyadina as well as group gymnasts from the Republic of Karelia, Tula Region, St. Petersburg, and Volgograd Region have been given the opportunity to showcase their skills at the tournament in St. Petersburg.

Gymnasts and group teams from different regions will compete under the Sky Grace International Association quota at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

The Academy athletes won medals in the hoop and ball finals at the international Aura Cup tournament in Croatia.Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina won gold in the hoop final at the Aura Cup in Zagreb with 25.30 points. Yana Zaikina from Volgograd took the silver medal with a score of 25.00 points. Ukrainian gymnast Diana Pilipchuk finished third with 23.25 points.Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz won the silver medal in the ball routine with 23.80 points. Antoaneta Tsankova from Bulgaria took first place with 24.95, while Lena Szalkowska from Poland finished third with the score of 22.55.Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina is a Russian National champion and a European Championship silver medalist. Yana Zaikina from Volgograd is a European champion and a National championship silver medalist. Yana and Ksenia’s coaches are Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, and their choreographer is Elena Egorova. Alesya Naifonova’s coaches are Alina and Irina Gusarova, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova. The gymnasts are members of the Russian National team and live and train at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

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Competitions

Ksenia Savinova won gold in the hoop final, Yana Zaikina became the silver medalist. Alesya Naifonova — with silver for ball.

The Academy athletes won medals in the hoop and ball finals at the Aura Cup in Croatia

The Russian junior national team won two gold medals in the event finals at the Aura Cup tournament in Croatia.The junior group team of the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy and the Russian National team became the first in the finals with five balls and five ribbons.The gymnasts’ coach is Darya Pirogova, and the choreographer is Veronika Shatkova.The second place in both exercises was taken by gymnasts from Lithuania.The Academy group team gymnasts are the active Russian national champions. They live and train at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

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The junior group team won first place in the finals with five balls and five ribbons.

The Russian junior national team won two gold medals in the event finals at the Aura Cup tournament in Croatia

Academy gymnasts won medals in the finals with clubs and ribbon at the international Aura Cup tournament in Croatia.Alesya Naifonova took first place in the clubs final (26.95 points). Second place went to Antoaneta Tsankova from Bulgaria (25.10 points). Russian gymnast Eva Chevtaeva finished third with a score of 24.60.Yana Zaikina from Volgograd is the champion of the Aura Cup in the ribbon event with 26.25 points. Alesya Naifonova took second place with a score of 25.50. Olga Duraj from Poland finished third with 22.60.Yana Zaikina is a European champion and a silver medalist at the national championships. Her coaches are Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, and her choreographer is Elena Egorova. Alesya Naifonova’s coaches are Alina and Irina Gusarova, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova. Both gymnasts are members of the Russian National team and live and train at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

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Alesya Naifonova took first place in the final with clubs and second with a ribbon, while Yana Zaikina became the winner in the ribbon exercise.

Academy gymnasts won medals in the finals with clubs and ribbon at the Aura Cup in Croatia

Polina Zavgorodnyaya from Moscow, who was recently viewed by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, is working with Academy coach Irina Gusarova in Novogorsk. <img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/2bc/0f6/2bc0f60b5b2a8462c50b74bb2abb49ec.jpg"> <img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/f28/8f5/f288f5c378e34f74ce848269b7de1602.jpg"> <img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/ad9/e3d/ad9e3d39da37f8489e2766271c5291db.jpg">

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Training

Polina Zavgorodnyaya from Moscow is working with Academy coach Irina Gusarova.

Polina Zavgorodnyaya is working with Academy coach Irina Gusarova

Alesya Naifonova became the junior all-around champion at the Aura Cup. The gymnast from Vladikavkaz scored 102.65 points across four apparatuses at the tournament in Zagreb. Notably, she was only in third place after the first day of competition. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped her get into the right mindset and iron out the technical mistakes.Yana Zaikina won silver. The gymnast from Volgograd scored 101.65 points. Eva Chevtaeva from Moscow took third place (101.20), while Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina finished fourth (100.70).Alesya is a member of the Russian National team and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, her coaches are Alina and Irina Gusarovy, and the choreographer is Ekaterina Belova. Yana Zaikina from Volgograd is a European champion and a national championship silver medalist. Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina is a Russian championship winner and a European championship silver medalist. Yana and Ksenia are coached by Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, with Elena Egorova serving as their choreographer. Both gymnasts are members of the Russian National team and live and train at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

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Based on the results of four events at the tournament in Zagreb, the gymnast from Vladikavkaz scored 102.65 points. The result of the gymnast from Volgograd is 101.65 points.

Alesya Naifonova is the Aura Cup champion in the all‑around competition among juniors, Yana Zaikina is the silver medalist

Dance, music, costumes, and vibrant imagery. In this series of cards, we’ve gathered some interesting facts about Indian culture and shown how its traditions resonate with the world of gymnastics.And on October 29, the Alina Festival will take place in Mumbai for the very first time - only 20 days to go!<img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/b56/057/b560577ade8cc3ef668f9a7b09e27b7b.jpg"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/e62/71d/e6271d82afd8cd14c8e29aa1c2d76731.jpg"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/5dd/fb2/5ddfb214a271bb0811e572a19d937603.jpg"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/248/92d/24892dbc3fb6c8f0d2cf0c6a360f3e26.jpg"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/084/c86/084c8625fbc7b571e255d3063f23b78f.jpg"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/fbb/dfc/fbbdfca2c1072b04445881a8026f3663.jpg">

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The Alina Festival

In this series of cards, we’ve gathered some interesting facts about Indian culture and shown how its traditions resonate with the world of gymnastics.

Some interesting facts about Indian culture

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Palace will host the 22nd International Tournament for the Prizes of Olympic Champion Marina Lobach.Competing in the event will be Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen Region and Diana Kotlovskaya from St. Petersburg in the pre-junior category, as well as Alisa Shunina from Volgograd, among gymnasts born in 2015–2016.

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Competing in the event will be Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen Region and Diana Kotlovskaya from St. Petersburg in the pre-junior category, as well as Alisa Shunina from Volgograd, among gymnasts born in 2015–2016.

Gymnasts from the Academy will participate in the international tournament for the prizes of Olympic champion Marina Lobach

Two Academy gymnasts finished in the top three after the first day of the Aura Cup tournament in Croatia. Among the juniors, Yana Zaikina holds first place with a score of 52.150. Eva Chevtaeva is second (50.100), Alesya Naifonova is third (50.100), and Ksenia Savinova is in fourth (49.850).In the senior category, Sofia Ilteryakova leads with a score of 61.350, while Anastasia Vlasenko sits in sixth place (50.750).Our junior group team leads with a score of 17.500, while the Russian team from St. Petersburg holds first place among the seniors (22.750).Yana Zaikina from Volgograd is a European champion and silver medalist at the national championship. Ksyusha Savinova from Gatchina is the champion of the Russian Championship and silver medalist of the European Championship. Yana and Ksyusha's coaches are Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, and their choreographer is Elena Egorova. Alina and Irina Gusarova coach Alesya Nayfonova from Vladikavkaz, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova. The gymnasts are part of the Russian National team’s main roster, and live and train at the Sky Grace Alina Kabaeva Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.&nbsp;The group team gymnasts from St. Petersburg are silver medalists of the Russian Championship and members of the Russian National team's main roster. Their coach is Elena Petunina, and their choreographer is Elena Afanasyeva.

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Yana Zaikina holds first place with a score of 52.150. Eva Chevtaeva is second (50.100), Alesya Naifonova is third (50.100), and Ksenia Savinova is in fourth (49.850).

Yana Zaikina and Alesya Naifonova finished in the top three on the first day of the Aura Cup tournament in Croatia

Vera Shimanskaya, the 2000 Olympic champion in group exercises, is at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.She arrived with her daughter: they took a tour of the Museum of Rhythmic Gymnastics History and dropped by to watch training sessions with the teachers.<div data-component="video" data-props="{&quot;materialId&quot;:10189,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;интервью шиманской&quot;,&quot;externalCdnLink&quot;:null,&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;subDir&quot;:&quot;45d/0b5&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;45d0b54559f4d889da3447.mp4&quot;}}"></div>The interview:0:03 Impressions of the Academy 0:43 Why Vera Shimanskaya brought her daughter to the Academy? 1:39 About Mariia Borisova and other Academy gymnasts 2:35 Memories from the 2000 Olympics 3:09 On Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva 4:56 How Alina Kabaeva influences the development of rhythmic gymnastics today, in Vera's opinion?Vera Shimanskaya is the Honored Master of Sports, the World and European champion. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she performed on the same team alongside Alina Kabaeva.

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Opinion

She arrived to the Academy with her daughter: they took a tour of the Museum of Rhythmic Gymnastics History and dropped by to watch training sessions with the teachers.


Interview with the 2000 Olympic champion in group exercises Vera Shimanskaya

Evgenia Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, and Elizaveta Zorkina are currently attending coaching courses in Spain, organized by European Gymnastics.The Russian Gymnastics Federation sent the Russian specialists for training.Olga Minigalina is the head coach of the Sirius Federal Territory team. Together with Evgenia Eliseeva, she trains top-ranked gymnasts of the Russian national team — Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, who also represent the Sirius Federal Territory. Elizaveta Zorkina coaches Alisa Shunina from Volgograd and Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow, as well as preschoolers in free early development groups.

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Academy Life

The Russian Gymnastics Federation sent the Russian specialists for training.

