Varvara Toporova from the Republic of Kalmykia has joined the Academy team in this season. To learn more about the gymnast, we gathered 15 interesting facts about Varya and discussed them with her.&nbsp;<div data-component="video" data-props="{&quot;materialId&quot;:7953,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Варя Топорова, интервью_английская версия&quot;,&quot;externalCdnLink&quot;:null,&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;subDir&quot;:&quot;4c5/4f9&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;4c54f904b3809c790d03b8.mp4&quot;}}"></div><ul><li>How did Varya get into rhythmic gymnastics?</li><li>About the first competitions</li><li>"I have to think more for myself. I think it really influences my state"</li><li>How did Varya celebrate the year of 2026?</li><li>Who is Varya's top fan?</li><li>About her favorite city</li><li>In which countries does Varya dream of visiting?</li><li>About working with two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva</li><li>What subject did Varya choose for the Unified State Exam?</li><li>"I wanted to be an actress before"</li><li>Who is Varya's favorite journalist?</li><li>Who does Varya look up to?</li><li>About making it to the national team</li><li>What life motto does Varya follow?</li><li>What is most important for an athlete?</li></ul>P.S. In the interview, Varya talks about Adygea — she was born there, but later moved to Kalmykia with her mother, where she trained and studied.

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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

The results of the team competitions of the Southern Federal District Championship have become known.The Rostov Region tops the list. The team consists of Milena Shchenyatskaya, Sofia Kopylova, Aksinya Popova, Arina Velitchenko, Kamila Balkizova and Alexandra Kazeeva.&nbsp;The Krasnodar Region team comes in second — Arina Tkachuk, Maria Tyuleneva, Valeria Mileychik, Sofia Platonova, Victoria Mikaelyan and Sophie Ladygina.&nbsp;The team from Volgograd Region is third — Ekaterina Dubovikova, Ksenia Ovsyannikova, Diana Shishkanova, Alisa Popova, Maria Shapovalova and Academy student Anna Vakulenko.<h4>All-around, team competition.</h4><ol><li>Rostov Region — 575.55</li><li>Krasnodar Territory— 564.30</li><li>Volgograd Region — 534.35</li><li>Astrakhan Region — 511.30</li><li>Donetsk People’s Republic — 465.05</li><li>Lugansk People’s Republic — 416.30</li><li>Republic of Kalmykia — 309.05</li><li>Republic of Adygea — 159.05</li><li>Republic of Crimea — 157.45</li><li>Sevastopol — 59.35</li></ol>

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Competitions

Results of the team competitions of the Southern Federal District Championship

Yana Sakovich and Sofia Vorobyova were awarded for winning the team tournament of the Sirius Federal Territory.Yana's coach is Irina Gusarova, choreographer is Elena Egorova; Sofia's coaches are Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigaliina, and choreographer is Ekaterina Belova.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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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

Anna Vakulenko became the bronze medalist of the Southern Federal District championship as a member of the Volgograd Region team.She performed together with Ekaterina Dubovikova, Ksenia Ovsyannikova, Diana Shishkanova, Alisa Popova, and Maria Shapovalova.&nbsp;Gold went to the Rostov Region, silver was won by the Krasnodar Territory.Anya is living, training, and studying at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. Her coaches are Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina; choreographer is Elena Egorova.

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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

Alexandra Borisova summed up the results of her performance at the Moscow Championship:<blockquote>"Many things didn't work out, actually. I will learn from these mistakes and strive not to make them in the next competitions. In the hoop I couldn't do more than two there, at the competitions. This time it seems I even managed three. I consider this a small achievement in the hoop, but I need to strive to do it every time, in every run-through, at every training session. I was very happy to see the girls: Sonya Ilteryakova, I really love her, Alisa Medvedeva, Nastya Vlasenko, Karina Kireeva. I love all of them so much and I'm glad that they are here too."</blockquote>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:<blockquote>"I have two new programs, the hoop and the ball. I really like them this season. I actually like all my programs in this season. there's also the story that the hoop routine was composed for me on my birthday. And it was made like just with a piece of soul, and the ball was also composed by Irina Borisovna Zenovka. I will work on all these programs that have been composed for me and become better."</blockquote>And she also spoke warmly about the first coach Natalia Stadnikova from the Krylia Sovetov athletic school:<blockquote>"My first coach — I am very grateful to her for turning Sasha, a girl from the street, so to say, into a gymnast, for staying with me there, finishing everything, say, general physical training, and telling me to do everything. There, ‘Come to the workout an hour earlier, we'll finish up.’ I am immensely grateful to her for continuing to watch over me from such a young age, giving me some pieces of advice. For me, this is very pleasant and valuable. "</blockquote>Sasha also thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coach Irina Gusarova, choreographer Ekaterina Belova and the entire team of the Academy for their help in preparations:<blockquote>"I want to say many thanks to Alina Maratovna, Irina Nikolaevna, the whole staff of the Academy, Ekaterina Medorovna, and my Krylya Sovetov athletic school for helping me become better, for always supporting me. Even if something doesn't work out, they say that, well, it's experience and you need to move on, despite that, not to relax over some little things and continue to act. I so much appreciate them."</blockquote>Following the results of the competition, Alexandra Borisova qualified for the Russian Championship.

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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

From this season, the All-Russian Board of Judges for Rhythmic Gymnastics forms a team of specialists to work at regional competitions.&nbsp;During the Moscow Championship we learned about the role of this innovation from chief judge Natalia Lashchinskaya from St. Petersburg:<blockquote>"This is an innovation we have in the Russian Gymnastics Federation now, that judges from other regions are called in order to make the judging more objective. We currently have three from the Moscow Region, two judges from Kazan, and one from Nizhny Novgorod here."&nbsp;</blockquote>The specialist also shared her impressions of the competition:<blockquote>"Lala Kramarenko is not quite in shape yet, and it's noticeable. She is a very beautiful, a daring gymnast. There are many young gymnasts here, indeed, a real constellation of very good kids. Sasha Borisova didn't do very well with the first two types because they are new. But with the other two types, she scored high and got great results."&nbsp;</blockquote>The Moscow Championship took place from February 1 to 4.

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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

Alina Kabaeva came to a new class for our preschoolers from free early development groups.&nbsp;The Olympic champion talked with young gymnasts and discussed interesting facts from the encyclopedia with them.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/7a8/10b/7a810b6ac57ae857bc1d225fe87362d2.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/8d1/b0b/8d1b0b52194f92a98580854b00fa9fb0.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/9e2/567/9e2567a02ddb6345582220ef0586c44d.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/f89/59d/f8959dc8808d1c34d00ea296f4b759b6.jpg"></figure>

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Academy Life

The young gymnasts talked with the Olympic champion.

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

Yana Sakovich, Sofia Vorobyova and Anna Vakulenko are taking part in the championship of the Southern Federal District and Sirius. This tournament is a selection for the Russian championship.&nbsp;The competition takes place at the Sirius Arena from 3 to 8 February.

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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

The three winners of the Moscow Championship summed up the results of the competition.Sofia Ilteryakova shared her impressions of winning the all-around at her first major competition among the seniors.<blockquote>"This was my first serious competition in the senior category. There were some difficulties, new elements were added, skills and risks were increased. But, in general, it wasn't all that difficult. Of course, there were mistakes. There's a lot we need to work on. We'll look at our routines to see where things aren't counting. But we still have a whole month before the Russian Championships. We'll work even harder and perform even better."</blockquote>Ekaterina Sazonova, who took the second place, talked about how she performed four fouetté pivots during her clubs performance. She didn't always manage to do this even at workouts!<blockquote>"Not at all. It was probably a fluke. I hope I can do it again next time. But I worked really hard on my fouettés, and it was only in the performance that I managed to do it. I had a wonderful experience, and the support was incredible. I loved the adrenaline rush. Overall, the emotions were very positive with so many competitors."</blockquote>And Maria Dmitrieva, the bronze medalist in the all-around, noted the experience she gained from participating in the tournaments under the quota of the Sky Grace International Association last year.<blockquote>"These competitions gave me new experience. I learned to perform more confidently at these important competitions. Just a little more work, and everything will be great."</blockquote>The Moscow Championship was held from February 1 to February 4.

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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

The Academy gymnast Alexandra Borisova from Moscow qualified for the Russian Championships.The athlete placed 13th in the all-around at the Moscow Championships and earned the right to compete in the main national tournament. Her coach is Irina Gusarova, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova.Sofia Ilteryakova won the competition. Ekaterina Sazonova and Maria Dmitrieva placed second and third.

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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

Irina Zenovka worked with the Academy junior group gymnasts on the exercise with ribbons.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.The team is made up of Anna Gryaznova from Novosibirsk, Elizaveta Malashenko from Rostov-on-Don, Kira Pryn from Krasnodar, and Alexandra Ponomareva from Rostov Oblast and Alisa Kirpicheva from St. Petersburg, who joined following the selection process.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/cdd/3d1/cdd3d1298881d483e1e9ef1c1c5fd35d.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/b98/fec/b98fecab64a480ecbe36877c1d8ce43c.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/780/d6e/780d6eb4753d87f5c1af7e8c1b9403d8.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/7ed/3d6/7ed3d6afe40ff8b09c4c41a365d84616.jpg"></figure>

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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.