After an Academy training session, theater and movie actress Evgeniya Afonskaya spoke about working with athletes.<blockquote>“This isn't my first time participating in the training camp, so I am familiar with the gymnasts. They should be characters of some sort, try on different images, which I think is challenging for them, because they are very conscious of their movements. For an individual that goes on stage, whether he or she is an artist or an athlete, acting skills will help to get rid of anxiety and feel more fulfilled. I hear from many girls that there are some stories being made up for them, but they are short of a tool to convey them. And I want to give them this tool,” Evgeniya said.</blockquote>She shared what the main goal of the classes is.<blockquote>“I see how they are starting to feel more free even in games. I really want them to learn to speak honestly. When they can honestly tell you something as a person, it means that they can also honestly convey something to you on stage with their bodies and emotions,” she said.</blockquote>The training camp for gymnasts will last until June 14.

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Opinion

She shared details about working with athletes.

Why do gymnasts need acting lessons? Theater and movie actress Evgeniya Afonskaya tells us

Head coach of the Russian national team Tatyana Sergaeva came to the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.The specialist will work with gymnasts at the recovery camp that is being held from June 20 to July 4.

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Academy Life

The professional will work with gymnasts at the recovery camp.

Head coach of the Russian national team Tatyana Sergaeva arrived at the Academy

The Russian men's and women's teams successfully performed at the international Russian Judo Tour tournament in Chelyabinsk.Dmitry Kotelnikov&nbsp;won the men's 60 kg category.&nbsp;Shamsutdin&nbsp;Umaev&nbsp;won the silver medal,&nbsp;Vyacheslav&nbsp;Urazgildeev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Nikita Anisimov&nbsp;took bronze.In the weight category of up to 66 kg the winner is&nbsp;Yago Abuladze,&nbsp;and the second and third places were taken by&nbsp;Rufat Aleskerov, Levon Tumasyants&nbsp;and&nbsp;Islam Sultygov.The champion of the category up to 73 kg is&nbsp;Magomed Mashtayev,&nbsp;the silver medalist is&nbsp;Abubakar Yusupov.Kurban Kudiev&nbsp;is the winner in the category of up to 81 kg, while &nbsp;silver and bronze medalists are&nbsp;Akroman Parchiev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sergey Alyamkin.The winner in the weight category up to 90 kg is&nbsp;Adam Utsiev,&nbsp;the second place is taken by Artem Ustemirov,&nbsp;the third place went to&nbsp;Shamil Gadzhiev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alan Khubetsov.In the up to 100 kg, the winner was&nbsp;Denis Korotaev,&nbsp;silver and bronze medals were won by&nbsp;Aslan Bagov&nbsp;and&nbsp;Igor Dolganov.&nbsp;In the category over 100 kg, gold went to&nbsp;Serikbai Zhanabekov.&nbsp;Second and third places were taken by&nbsp;Valery Endovitsky, Dmitry Evseev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bislan Katamardov.Among women,&nbsp;Alina Sergeeva&nbsp;won in the 48 kg category.&nbsp;Anastasia Yakunina&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anastasia Petrova&nbsp;took second and third places.In the 52 kg category,&nbsp;Aelina Mazitova&nbsp;won the silver medal, and&nbsp;Daria Zakharova&nbsp;took third place.In the 57 kg category,&nbsp;Olga Mukhina&nbsp;became the champion. Silver and bronze went to&nbsp;Daria Kuzmina, Lyubov&nbsp;Timofeycheva&nbsp;and&nbsp;Valentina Shtentsova.In the 63 kg category,&nbsp;Kamila Badurova&nbsp;won the gold medal,&nbsp;Milena&nbsp;Khilova&nbsp;won the silver medal, and&nbsp;Alexandra Balabanova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stefania Vlasova&nbsp;won the bronze medal.The best in the category up to 70 kg are&nbsp;Daria Khramoykina, Eva Ognivova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Taisiya Kireeva.In the category up to 78 kg, the gold medal went to&nbsp;Alena Prokopenko.&nbsp;Together with her on the podium were&nbsp;Antonina Shmeleva, Anastasia Pavlova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alexandra Babintseva.Veronika Kafanova&nbsp;became the winner in the category over 78 kg, the second place went to&nbsp;Marina Bukreeva,&nbsp;the third to&nbsp;Kira Safonova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Angela Gasparyan.Full competition results are available on the official Russian Judo Federation <a href="https://online.judo.ru/event/14571">website</a>.

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MA Academy

The competition was held in Chelyabinsk, June 28 to 29.

The Russian Judo Team successfully performs at the Russian Judo Tour

At the Academy's recovery camp, there was floor training with Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan. The professional explained what the gymnasts were working on:&nbsp;<blockquote>"Now we are recovering using floor training, where we include the necessary muscles that are already involved in the body elements, in order to move forward more intensively. The abs in girls are the most underestimated muscle in the body group and one of the most basic, which is responsible for stability and balance of absolutely all elements."</blockquote>Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan also shared the main goal for this training camp:&nbsp;<blockquote>"The Academy has gathered some of the best specialists represented by choreographers and coaches. Irina Zenovka comes and puts on absolutely wonderful programs. I want to help, with common work and common efforts to make it so that on the floor all those things that have been worked on for years with the Sky Grace coaches, with the help of the professionals from the Russian national team, only become better."</blockquote>The recovery camp at the Academy will continue until July 4.

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Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan told us what the gymnasts were working on.

At the Academy's recovery camp, there was floor training with Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan

The classes as part of the dance intensive course by the Alla Dukhova school-studio TODES have started at the Academy of Martial Arts.Teacher Denis Ishmetov noted the features of the program.<blockquote>"This is the best dance intensive workshop in our country. Children come from different cities, with different dance development. We divide them by age and level. In such a short period of time, it seems, only 12-13 days, they gain colossal experience and come home with a lot of dance experience," Denis said.</blockquote>He also shared his impressions of the Martial Arts Academy.<blockquote>"The conditions here are very luxurious. They feed us very well, breakfast, lunch and dinner. So hard to choose, so much healthy food. Unbelievably beautiful conditions, beautiful rooms," he said.</blockquote>

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Teacher Denis Ishmetov talked about the class program.

The dance intensive course of the Alla Dukhova school-studio TODES began at the Martial Arts Academy

Senior coach of the Russian national team Marina Govorova&nbsp;conducts&nbsp;apparatus&nbsp;training for the gymnast during the recovery training camp at the Academy.&nbsp;The&nbsp;professional&nbsp;explained&nbsp;for&nbsp;what&nbsp;such training camp is needed:<blockquote>"Let's start with the fact that we had a big competition season. The&nbsp;lineup of the Russian national team was determined after the Russian championship and junior championship. And in May-June, a number of major competitions were held: two stages of the all-Russian international Cup of the Strongest tournaments, in which all these gymnasts took part. And so, everything is going according to plan, that after a big block of competitions we have a recovery camp, which we hold in a wonderful place, in the best conditions."&nbsp;</blockquote>She&nbsp;also&nbsp;noted&nbsp;where&nbsp;the&nbsp;emphasis&nbsp;is&nbsp;placed&nbsp;in the program:&nbsp;<blockquote>"There is an opportunity now, during this period, to pay great attention to general physical, special physical training, to work on apparatus training, to take a break from our competitive programs. We always have something to work on. Excellent dance and flexibility classes are held here.&nbsp;Almost all the gymnasts came with their coaches, we have a lot of great coaches;Honored Coach Vera Shtelbaums. We also have Dmitry Stepanchikov, he is also our dance choreographer. He is here, he teaches great classes. The girls are relaxed, they dance, they will use this in their programs. This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;necessary&nbsp;thing."</blockquote>

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The specialist conducts the apparatus training for the gymnasts.

What the recovery training camp is needed for? Senior coach of the Russian national team Marina Govorova talks about that

Gymnast from St. Petersburg Angelina Ipatova summed up the results of her performance at the Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad-2025.<blockquote>“I managed seven exits out of eight possible. I didn't manage to show the routine with the ball in the final. But the most important thing is that I was able to pull myself together for the other three events and do them even better than in the all-around. So, overall, I'm happy,” she said.</blockquote>The athlete also noted after which competition she began to make progress.<blockquote>“Probably, it was the Grand Prix, when the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association gave me the opportunity to perform. And from there my recovery and progress began,” the gymnast said.</blockquote>The gymnast spoke about her responsibility to the team.<blockquote>“For me, it’s joy. It's still exciting to perform. It's a big responsibility to perform for your city, to represent the St. Petersburg team. All the girls tried their best. I'm glad that it was my contribution that helped the team win the all-around,” Angelina said.</blockquote>Angelina also shared her plans for the summer.<blockquote>“There will be a break from training, but we will devote this time to admission, since I took exams and now I will have time to choose the university I want to go to and submit an application, documents,” Angelina said.</blockquote>In case of equal number of points in the team championship, the winner was determined by the second best result among the individuals from St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod, so Angelina helped the team win gold medals.Earlier, at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the gymnast performed as part of the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association.

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Gymnast from St. Petersburg Angelina Ipatova sums up the results of her performance at Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad-2025, spoke about her responsibility to the team, and also shared her plans for the summer.

"Sky Grace gave me the opportunity to perform, and that's when my progress began." Angelina Ipatova talks about Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad

The Academy gymnast from St. Petersburg Mariia Borisova summed up the results of her performances at&nbsp;Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad,&nbsp;which took place in Penza from June 21 to 26.The athlete assessed the level of responsibility at this competition.<blockquote>"In fact, this is a very important competition for St. Petersburg, for our city's team. Because the first two days of the competition were team events and team medals were at stake. Therefore, we had to get together from the very beginning and help our city," Mariia said.&nbsp;</blockquote>Masha also noted the importance of support.<blockquote>"I heard the support of the team from St. Petersburg. Girls, a great big thanks to them. They were shouting even when they were warming up for the performance, and it really encouraged me. I am really grateful to them for that," she said.&nbsp;</blockquote>In addition, the gymnast spoke about her mood before these competitions.<blockquote>"In fact, I was preparing myself to have fun on the floor, to show the image, to open up in the music and to enjoy performing. And that's what helped me. And, perhaps, yes, I don't have as much strength as in the beginning of the season, but still, when I need to, I can pull myself together," &nbsp;the gymnast said.&nbsp;</blockquote>

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Competitions

The gymnast became the champion of the tournament in the all-around.

"I was preparing myself to have fun on the floor." Mariia Borisova sums up the results of Russia's Youth VI Summer Spartakiad

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The Top-10 results of the all-around in the individual standings at the Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad among participants born in 2004-2008!The first place went to Academy gymnast from St. Petersburg Mariia Borisova. Her coach is Irina Gusarova, and the choreographer is Elena Egorova.The silver went to the athlete from the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Vladislava Nikolaenko. Her coach is Victoria Anikina.And Milena Shchenyatskaya from Rostov-on-Don, who trains with Antonina Kuznetsova, won bronze.Results:1.&nbsp;Mariia Borisova — 123.4502.&nbsp;Vladislava Nikolaenko — 113.7003.&nbsp;Milena Shchenyatskaya — 112.3504.&nbsp;Alisa Medvedeva — 112.1005.&nbsp;Vladislava Sharonova — 111.4506.&nbsp;Viktoria Bespalova — 110.0007.&nbsp;Ekaterina Sazonova — 108.9008.&nbsp;Angelina Ipatova — 107.1009.&nbsp;Ksenia Kolyadina — 105.80010.&nbsp;Yulia Wagner — 105.050&nbsp;

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The Top-10 results of the all-around in the individual standings at Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad among participants born in 2004-2008.

We’re publishing the Top-10 results of the all-around in the individual standings at Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad among participants born in 2004-2008

Academy gymnast Mariia Borisova became the champion of the VI Summer Spartakiad of Youth of Russia in the all-around, which is being held in Penza from June 21 to 26.The gymnast represented St. Petersburg at the competition. Her coach is Irina Gusarova, and choreographer is Elena Egorova.The day before, Masha also won gold as part of the team.

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The St. Petersburg Academy gymnast took part in the tournament, which is being held in Penza from June 21 to 26.