Evgenia Finkelstein, Head judge of the Cup of the Strongest stage, noted the progress of the Sky Grace gymnasts

Evgenia Finkelstein, the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest Head judge, shared her impressions of the tournament that has just begun in Kazan:

"This is one of the stages, the closing one. Than the girls will go to the finals of the Cup of the Strongest, which will be held in late October in Moscow. Everyone dreams of joining ranks of the 15 strongest gymnasts for the finals and the 12 teams. It seems to me, performing in the finals is very responsible, cool and reputable. This is the closing competition before the CIS Countries Games and before the AEON Cup competitions — the Club World Cup. Therefore I want so much that the girls will simply perform cleanly and showed everything they have practiced during that time."

She also noted the progress of the gymnasts who qualified for the competition through the Sky Grace International Association quota:

"The girls came a little bit short of at the Russian championship, something did not work. The event was rather early, not all the programs were polished. Many girls now stand much higher in the rating on account of additional places given to them by the Sky Grace. This is a super opportunity, and we are very grateful to the Sky Grace for that."