How did the second stage of selection for group exercises end? Academy coach Anna Ustsova tells

Coach and 1996 European champion Anna Ustsova spoke about the details of the selection for group exercises at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. 

"The first stage was video reviews. Everyone who wanted to be watched sent their videos. We probed all the kids in all directions. Choreography, dancing, subject preparation, GPT. And in the future, they stayed with us right after the training camp at the Academy. For group sex, you need more stamina, coordination. We paid attention to these qualities."

She also named the cities from which the athletes came.

"It so happened that four people from Krasnodar, that is, they are next to us. I was happy to leave them and immediately paid attention to them. There is also a gymnast from Nizhny Novgorod, from Rostov, from Moscow, from Novosibirsk. Eight people were selected, such decent, strong girls, hardy, coordinated, diligent. I think they should be able to do it."

The costs of tickets, accommodation and meals for gymnasts at the second stage of the selection were covered by the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.