Ksenia Savinova shares her impressions after the Russian Junior Championship in Kazan

At the Russian Junior Championships, Ksenia Savinova won five gold medals in individual competitions and one in the team. These are all the gold medals of the tournament.

After the end, the gymnast shared her emotions:

"I am very happy, but it is also a big responsibility that you are the first one from the country to go to any competitions. How the competition will be remembered? Probably by the fans. They were rooting for me so much. And then they asked for a photo and an autograph. I'm really happy that so many people are rooting for me and keeping their fingers crossed."

Choreographer Ekaterina Sergeeva worked with Ksyusha at the competition in Kazan. The athlete told why she started performing Raffaeli turns in the individual finals:

"On the first day, I still performed with the sideward spin. And on the third day, the choreographer of Sonya Ilteryakova, Ekaterina Georgievna, came to us and helped me learn how to make the wolf turn. And we decided in the finals that we would start doing the Raffaeli spin. They are approximately the same, but you still need to understand how to enter the pivot."

Ksyusha also thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and the entire Academy team for their help in preparation:

"Thanks everyone who supported me, who prepared me for this competition: Alina Maratovna, Evgenia Mikhailovna, all the choreographers, doctors and staff of the Academy."