Vera Shimanskaya, the 2000 Olympic champion in group exercises, is at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.
She arrived with her daughter: they took a tour of the Museum of Rhythmic Gymnastics History and dropped by to watch training sessions with the teachers.
The interview:
0:03 Impressions of the Academy
0:43 Why Vera Shimanskaya brought her daughter to the Academy?
1:39 About Mariia Borisova and other Academy gymnasts
2:35 Memories from the 2000 Olympics
3:09 On Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva
4:56 How Alina Kabaeva influences the development of rhythmic gymnastics today, in Vera's opinion?
Vera Shimanskaya is the Honored Master of Sports, the World and European champion. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she performed on the same team alongside Alina Kabaeva.