Ksenia Savinova shares her experience of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

Academy student from Gatchina Ksenia Savinova shared her experience of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest and shared important advice from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva:

"The emotions were amazing. I really enjoyed this tournament because so many people were rooting for me, everyone was screaming, I felt so good. We trained a lot, we had control training sessions, and Alina Kabaeva came to see us. She made a lot of comments and suggested doing a split jump. During the tournament she said, 'It's clean everywhere, stretch your legs and bring them together. And be bold. And relax only on the couch after your performance.’ The competition here is very fierce. Sonya and I were neck and neck, but Sonya won, and I'm really happy for her. I really like her as a gymnast. She's very colorful, beautiful, and makes difficult things. It was important for me to have clean performances and well here, so I can do even better at the next competitions."

The gymnast revealed the secret of how she and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, chose the new music for her ribbon routine:

"I have two parts to the music. The first is catchy, and the second is the Macarena. Evgenyia Eliseeva really liked the Macarena, so we decided to choreograph the ribbon to it."

Ksenia Savinova won gold in clubs and silver in ribbon and the all-around among juniors at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.