"It will be a completely different style!" Anna Vakulenko talks about working with Olympic champions on new exercises

Academy student Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd shared with us details of preparing new exercises.

"We are creating an exercise with a ribbon. We have already created a new one and now we will create an exercise with a ball. According to FIG rules, new ones. They are much easier than Sky Grace rules but now we are preparing according to the Master of Sports program, so it’s more difficult. There are a lot more elements, skills and risks. I will have new music, a new program, and a completely different style in the ribbon. I will be completely different there."

The gymnast also told us about specificities of working with Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgenia Kanaeva.

"It is very easy for me to work with her, because she explains in a lot of detail, shows it herself and, if something is inconvenient, she corrects or offers new options.  I really like that Alina Kabaeva asked her to make up two exercises for me. We showed her a piece of what we had put together, new tricks in the exercises. She really liked it, and she also helped to clear something up there too."