Before leaving, they recorded a video greeting for us together with their&nbsp; coach Elizaveta Maksyakova.<blockquote>“Hello everyone from Kazan! We are preparing a performance for the Alina-2024 festival. We are pleased to take part in this wonderful festival for the first time. We’re looking forward to it! We’re sending a hello to Alina Kabaeva! We all love you,” they said.</blockquote>Last April, young athletes from the capital of Tatarstan attended the festival as audience members.And in June, during a charity training camp at the Academy, they received an invitation from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva to perform as well.<blockquote>“We look forward to seeing you more often, come back. We'll come up with something for the festival so you can get ready. Let's make a good, beautiful performance. We will prepare so that everyone can flex their feet and knees, so that they have the right goals and objectives,” the Olympic champion said.</blockquote>The Alina-2024 festival will be held on March 2 at the Academy in Sochi, and on March 5 it will be hosted by the Minsk Arena.

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The Alina Festival

Before leaving, they recorded a video greeting for us together with their  coach Elizaveta Maksyakova.

Children with special needs from Kazan to come to Sochi to take part in our Alina festival.

The Martial Arts Academy welcomes athletes from Congo.The judokas and sambo team arrived in Sirius for the training camp together with the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Congo in St. Petersburg, Jocelyn-Patrick Mandzela.Welcome!

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MA Academy

The Honorary Consul of the Republic of Congo in St. Petersburg, Jocelyn-Patrick Mandzela, arrived in Sirius with them.

Judokas and sambo wrestlers from Congo arrive for training at the Martial Arts Academy

Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka came to the AcademyThe Honored Coach of Russia continues her work with Academy group exercise gymnasts on the program with five pairs of clubs.

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Academy Life

Honored Coach of Russia works with group exercise gymnasts.

Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka came to the Academy

The Alina-2025 International Children's Charity Rhythmic Gymnastics Festival will be held in Sirius on April 18.The festival was staged in two countries last year. Sirius hosted it on March 2 also, while it was held in Minsk, Belarus, on March 5.Follow the updates on our website!

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The international children's charity festival will be held for the 14th time thus far.

The Alina-2025 Rhythmic Gymnastics Festival to be held on April 18 in Sirius

From March 14 to 17, the interregional Sky Grace Cup tournament will be held at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.Follow the performances of gymnasts from different federal districts, Moscow and St. Petersburg in the Master of Sports Candidate and Master of Sports programs on our official website.We wish good luck to all of the participants!

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Аssociation

The tournament will be held at the Academy, March 14 to 17.

Live broadcast of the interregional Sky Grace Cup tournament on the website skygrace.ru!

The Belarusian national judo team came to the Academy of martial arts to prepare for the Grand Slam tournament, which will be held in Tbilisi from March 21 to 23.Senior coach of the national team Alexander Kotlovsky spoke in detail about how the training process will take place in Sirius.<blockquote>"This is our third time at the Martial Arts Academy, specifically at Sirius. We must give credit where it's due, to the base. This base is one of the best, I am not afraid to say this, in the world: 12 floating tatami, a gym for general physical training — no questions. And the most important thing we come here for, of course, is the Russian national team sparring.&nbsp; And of course, we are happy to come to this training, for an experience exchange. We brought the strongest team to spar, train, and fight together. It turns out that we will immediately fly from Sirius to the Grand Slam in Tbilisi, that is, the actual preparation for Tbilisi will take place at your base. And your Russian team is also preparing for it, so joint training camps, I think that this experience will have a positive effect on our dynamics, and I think on yours too," Alexander said.</blockquote>

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The Belarusian national judo team came to Sirius to prepare for the Grand Slam tournament.

"We brought the strongest team." Senior coach of the Belarusian national judo team Alexander Kotlovsky on the training camp at the Martial arts Academy

Dina Averina is a silver medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, 18-time world champion and 10-time European champion. Arina Averina is a five-time world champion and nine-time European champion.How do multiple world and European champions take a break from work? And what helps them focus on what’s mportant?&nbsp;The athletes talked about this in new cards.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/b69/eab/b69eab4d573bfda7459dec0d80180181.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/fc5/58c/fc558c8cd18f0d30f84961083bdaa2c1.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/27a/461/27a461d3d7907527855cc5c00d909076.jpg"></figure>

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Small steps to big victories

Dina and Arina Averin shared her habits, rituals and hobbies in the new cards.

Small steps to big victories. Dina and Arina Averin

At the Alina Kabaeva Champions Cup Grand Prix, Sofia Ilteriakova was awarded a certificate "For Artistry" from the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation.And on the final day of the competition, she won gold medals in the finals of individual events with ball and ribbon in the junior program.The gymnast spoke about the images in the programs and preparation for the start.<blockquote>"The hall here is very dear to us, because we perform here very often. The atmosphere here is also very good, everyone offers support. I am grateful that I am performing here. A very important competition. And we had to not let down the country, our entire team, the coaches, the choreographers. Not let anyone down. We prepared for two training sessions. We also had a separate training session where we worked on all our risks and throws. We worked on the tracks because it is highly valued now. Artistry is the most important thing in the exercise. I had a dance with sabres. I was a little serious and also a little cheerful. And my ribbon was also fiery. I enjoyed the performances. I was also surprised that I was chosen, because it was an honor that I was noticed, recognized. I’m very glad that I was noticed and rewarded," she said.</blockquote>

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Opinion

At the international competition in Moscow, the gymnast received a certificate "For Artistry" from the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation.

Sofia Ilteriakova sums up her performance at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup

The International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association gymnast Mariia Borisova became a five-time champion of the Alina Kabaeva Champions Cup Grand Prix.The athlete told how important it was for her to perform well at these competitions after winning the Russian Championship.<blockquote>"Since I became the champion of Russia, it was important not to fall down and to confirm my title. And I think I did it well, and I am very glad that everything worked out this way. There were difficulties, I was a little sick before this start, but it’s okay, I passed all the tests. The girls are really strong, the competition is at the highest level, because there were also gymnasts here who participated in the Russian Championship, and we fought for medals," she said.</blockquote>Mariia also appreciated the contribution of the entire Sky Grace team to her result.<blockquote>"We prepared for this competition with our whole friendly team: Alina Kabaeva, my personal trainer Irina Gusarova, and the whole Academy also helped, they gave me some tips, the judges also always, if anything, also adjusted the programs. This is our common victory, belonging to Sky Grace," the gymnast said.</blockquote>

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At the international competition in Moscow, Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg won the all-around in the seniors' program, and also won four gold medals in all finals of individual events.

"This is our common victory!" Mariia Borisova on her performance at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup

Due to the emerging cases of mailings sent on behalf of the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation representatives, we’d like to state that the foundation does not send letters and does not practice any fundraising.&nbsp;These letters are sent by scammers and have nothing to do with the foundation, the Olympic champion, the Academy, or the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs&nbsp; Association.&nbsp;Please exercise caution.

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Due to the emerging cases of mailings sent on behalf of the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation representatives, we’d like to state that the foundation does not send letters and does not practice any fundraising.

Important information!

The international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup in which the Academy group&nbsp; gymnasts team took part, has ended in Moscow. The girls performed very well, winning gold and two silvers!Thanks to coach Anna Ustsova, choreographer Ekaterina Belova, and the entire Academy coaching staff for preparing the gymnasts for this important start!Thanks to Tatyana Sergaeva and Irina Zenovka for setting the exercises, and also to Inna Bystrova for helping to practice them.It was incredible!

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Competitions

The international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup in which the Academy group  gymnasts team took part, has ended in Moscow.