Eva Kononova, Alesya Naifonova and Malika Timurshina shared their impressions after their performance at the Crystal Rose international tournament

The Academy gymnasts shared their impressions after their performance at the Crystal Rose international tournament in Minsk. 

Senior Eva Kononova participated in competitions for the first time as part of the Sky Grace. She talked about the preparation:

"It was very exciting to represent the Sky Grace team. It was a big responsibility for me. I tried to do my best. I hope I succeeded. We prepared having two workouts a day, doing two routines, two clean ones, in the morning, and two routines, two clean ones, in the evening, and then I worked on my own. Of course, this was unusual for me because I normally had only one workout." 

For the junior Alesya Naifonova, this start was also her debut for the team. The gymnast shared what has changed during her training at the Academy:

"I was a little anxious. But once I stepped onto the mat, anxiety disappeared. All the girls are really great. As for the competition, I was probably competing against myself. I was to do everything designed in my routine. In the month I've been at the Academy I've gotten a little better at doing the side turn. We changed the risk a little bit in the hoop. A mastery was added to the clubs. A few changes were made also."

And Malika Timurshina competed at the tournament in Minsk for the first time after her injury. The athlete thanked everyone who helped her:

"I really missed the floor in general, such thrilling atmosphere. There were mistakes, probably because I was not focused, and I was very scared to compete after the injury, especially the first event. Thanks to my coaches: Evgenia Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, Elizaveta Chernova, everyone, the whole Sky Grace team, thank you very much for working with us and many, many thanks to Alina Maratovna for giving us such opportunities."

The Crystal Rose international tournament was held in Minsk from July 25 to 27.