Judge Karina Dobrya told us about the teams she kept in mind at the Sky Grace Cup interregional tournament and commended the program of Academy group exercise gymnasts:<blockquote>"We have more and more new directors. Many noted the Volgograd Region team, the St. Petersburg team — this is Zhemchuzhina, in the Masters of Sports. I also liked several teams in terms of Masters of Sports candidates. I can’t help but mention the Sky Grace team. Just recently at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, we saw them with one music and production, and then the girls performed with a production to completely different music, with a different character. The dance paths and accents changed, it was very interesting to watch. The girls coped, according to the results they were the best."</blockquote>The specialist also shared her opinion about the rules of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association:<blockquote>"These rules are more demanding to gymnasts and their coaches. Before the Sky Grace competitions, I demand from my gymnasts a little more purity of execution, specifically in working with the apparatus."</blockquote>The Sky Grace Cup interregional competition is being held in Sirius from March 14 to 17.

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Opinion

The professional from the Sverdlovsk Region shared impressions after performances of group exercise teams.

Judge Karina Dobrya told us about the teams in her memory at the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition

Silva Sargsyan is a champion of Armenia, bronze medalist of the Alina Kabaeva Champion Cup Grand Prix (2024), multiple medalist of international competitions. Participant of the international tournament Sky Grace Cup (2022, 2023, 2024).We asked Armenian champion Silva Sargsyan several questions. How does she manage to stay focused during competitions?&nbsp;The gymnast talked about this in new cards.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/c76/370/c7637004893d539fba4b2c0430dada8d.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/59e/21c/59e21cd6aaed9e211df7834a8c11c8cb.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/364/bb0/364bb098d7bb3b5f9b83bf8ca686cd13.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/76a/9bf/76a9bf711a4f36383ef65d9b1fb7acb9.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/f7a/557/f7a557fd3552b8e9494261bde602c98d.jpg"></figure>

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Small steps to big victories

Silva Sargsyan shared her habits, rituals and hobbies in the new cards.

Small steps to big victories. Silva Sargsyan

The gymnasts perform under program of Candidate Masters and Masters of Sports at the competition in the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.<h1>Day 4</h1>8:30-12:50 —&nbsp;individual program, Master of Sports Candidates (clubs/ribbon)12:50-13:10 —&nbsp;break13:10-17:40 —&nbsp;individual program, Master of Sports Candidates (clubs/ribbon)17:40-17:50 —&nbsp;break17:50-20:55 —&nbsp;individual program, Master of Sports (clubs/ribbon)20:55-21:30 —&nbsp;award ceremony for individual programs

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Аssociation

The competition is being held in the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Live broadcast of the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition

Honored Coach of Russia Vera Shtelbaums commended the atmosphere of the Sky Grace Cup and told us about her trainee Ulyana Yanus:<blockquote>"It is awesome here, even nothing to add. Excellent! Everything is on such a rise herе — both children and coaches, everyone. It is so nice to be here. Ulyana practices, endeavors and works. She still cannot do many things but we are progressing slowly. She has just entered the seniors category; for the first year."&nbsp;</blockquote>She highlighted favorites among interregional tournament participants:<blockquote>"Masha Borisova progressed technically over this year and became calmer in general. Elvira Krasnobaeva, Sasha Borisova; Alisa Medvedeva is a strong gymnast. Victoria Bespalova from Ulyanovsk is a good gymnast. Vladislava Nikolaenko is a strong one."</blockquote>Furthermore, the specialist explained what advantages are in the rules of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association:<blockquote>"The transition is not actually too difficult. We simply do not have these elements in our program. They endeavor nevertheless to have diversity. In the FIG rules, gymnasts are largely trained from an exercise to exercise, making these eight elements. There is no great diversity."</blockquote>Ulyana Yanus takes part in the Sky Grace Cup interregional tournament under the masters of sports program.

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Vera Shtelbaums came to Sirius together with her trainee Ulyana Yanus.

Honored Coach of Russia Vera Shtelbaums shares her impressions from the Sky Grace Cup interregional tournament

A group exercise team gymnast from the Martial Arts Academy Olympic Reserve Athletic School of the Ryazan Region assessed the performance at the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition:<blockquote>"We really liked the atmosphere here, the hall; it is very cool to perform here. We are for the first time here, we have only positive emotions. Concerning the performance, not everything worked well, we could have performed better but we are satisfied. We worked most of all on cleanness: it is judged more rigorously here. We added some elements, changed the work. We root for everyone, support and learn from many teams. We do not believe we are the best; we have the very high competition in any case."</blockquote>She told us how the team would prepare for the next stage, the all-Russian competition:<blockquote>"We will work even more. Only going ahead and improving our program!"</blockquote>The gymnasts also thanked their parents and coaches.The group exercises team from the Martial Arts Academy Olympic Reserve Athletic School of the Ryazan Region consisting of Sofia Chirkova, Veronika Kozlova, Ksenia Makarevskaya, Valeria Semikova, Alyona Bugakova and Anastasia Skotnikova won gold among masters of sports at the Sky Grace Cup for the Central Federal District.

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Gymnasts from the Martial Arts Academy Olympic Reserve Athletic School won gold among masters of sports at the tournament for the Central Federal District.

"We are rooting for everyone, learning from many teams." Group exercise gymnasts from the Ryazan Region talk about the Sky Grace Cup

We are talking about the ring jump, which is named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.&nbsp;<blockquote>12.Jump (Kabaeva) with landing on the floor on the knees.</blockquote>The element has a high cost - 0.80 points, so it is beneficial for gymnasts to include it into their exercises.<div data-component="video" data-props="{&quot;materialId&quot;:4832,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Выдержка. Прыжок Кабаевой&quot;,&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;subDir&quot;:&quot;244/36d&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;24436d52610b7a53527d21.mp4&quot;,&quot;durationMs&quot;:6172},&quot;id&quot;:&quot;e1ae828a7649434b416e071186073271c&quot;}"></div>It’s important to remember that when performing a jump, correct technique is essential.&nbsp;Full rules are available on our website:<a href="https://skygrace.ru/en/clubs-association" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association rules.</a>

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Rulebook Excerpts

New element in the Rulebook Excerpts section — Alina Kabaeva's leap.

"Rulebook excerpts". Alina Kabaeva's leap

A gymnast from the Volgograd Region team shared her impressions from the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition:<blockquote>"The hall is so beautiful, I really like it. It is light and large; it is comfortable to practice there. The public, the support — I am being charged by that. We did the hoops with the balls — almost everything worked out. There was a small loss. The start with the ribbons was rough: something did not work out well but we will work on that and we will then have everything good. We compete with ourselves in the first instance."</blockquote>She also told us about an unusual mascot of the team —&nbsp;a hammer passing from a composition to composition and traveling with the athletes for many years thus far:<blockquote>"This mascot is passing to captain’s hands from generation to generation. It is always on a shelf at captain’s home, the motes are flicked gently, everything is as it should be. Its age is fifteen, probably even slightly more. Plenty of old compositions had it. This is a sacred thing."</blockquote>The Volgograd Region team composed of Anna Belenova, Adelya Kuldyakina, Lera Spitsyna, Violetta Pleshakova, Katya Terekhova and Amina Seidalieva won the Sky Grace Cup for the Southern Federal District among masters of sports.

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The athletes won the tournament for the Southern Federal District among masters of sports.

Group exercise gymnasts of the Volgograd Region team shared impressions from the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition

Alina 2025 Festival choreographer Anatoly Voynov told us about working on the Flowers performance together with choreographer and the Honored Coach of Russia Irina Zenovka:&nbsp;<blockquote>"I am working with two, let’s say, ballet masters from the world of gymnastics — these are Irina Zenovka and Natalia Belugina. I have three performances with Irina Zenovka and one with Natasha. The prototypes for the Flowers performance are Nina Zonina and Zina Portnova. Our two heroines of the Great Patriotic War, who accomplished more than one feat. This is the personification of these two heroines: strong, brave, courageous, but at the same time very gentle, kind, and feminine."</blockquote>The ballet master shared with us specific features of working with the gymnasts:<blockquote>"They work a little differently in all respects: musically, choreographically, spatially, on stage, and so on and so forth. But you adapt, you learn something, and that, on the contrary, is interesting. For me, it’s a challenge."</blockquote>Anatoly Voynov took part in staging opening ceremonies of the Asian Games in Astana, the Universiade and the World Swimming Championship in Kazan, the Formula 1 Grand Prix stage in Sochi, and the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.The Alina-2025 International Children's Charity Rhythmic Gymnastics Festival will be held in Sirius on April 18. It will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

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He talked about staging the Flowers routine together with choreographer, the Honored Coach of Russia Irina Zenovka.

Choreographer Anatoly Voynov told us about working on a routine for the Alina 2025 Festival

Group exercise gymnasts from the Krasnoyarsk Territory shared their impressions of the Sky Grace Cup interregional competitions.A gymnast from the team told us about the atmosphere and preparations for the tournament:<blockquote>"We are for the first time in the Academy. We really like the hall, organization of the competition. Everything is going at the top level. We staged more artistry points, filled in empty moments in the exercise when preparing. To link artistry and cleanness, there is a need to work on both and then link them in run-throughs. Then the full-fledged show comes out."</blockquote>Another athlete of the team gave more details on programs:<blockquote>"Our program with the ribbons is dedicated to patriotism, to Russia. It was produced to 'The dawns are quiet here' by the Lyube band. We convey our love to our country and we are proud of our country. And our hoop and ball routines are calmer. We have the two exercises going with a contrast."</blockquote>The gymnasts also noted that all teams at the event are decent competitors and highlighted teams of St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and Ulyanovsk.Group exercise gymnasts from the Krasnoyarsk Territory Maria Yurchenkova, Anna Boyarova, Vlada Frantseva, Lika Zaitseva and Arina Eirikh topped the list for the Siberian Federal District among masters of sports.

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The gymnasts topped the list in the Siberian Federal District among masters of sports.

"Everything is on the highest level!" Group exercise gymnasts from the Krasnoyarsk Territory talk about the Sky Grace Cup interregional competition

Gymnasts from the V. S. Tishin Olympic Reserve School of the Nizhny Novgorod Region won the Sky Grace Cup for the Volga Federal District among candidate masters of sports.&nbsp;Vlada Belosludtseva, Ulyana Koteeva, Alexandra Moskvina, Darya Isakova, Darya Zhiganova and Sofia Ushakova told us what helps them to cope with the fear:<blockquote>"All of us support each other. In order to cope with the fear, we try to work it out during training sessions, for the stable performance."</blockquote>The gymnasts also explained what they emphasize in their programs:<blockquote>"Artistry now is the top criterion, with the highest score given for it. Even you have a loss, it will be a major derogation in artistry and there will be a penalty. So the gymnasts need to always maintain the image, always smile throughout the exercise."</blockquote>The girls also thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Honored Coach of Russia Natalia Tishina:<blockquote>"We are so grateful to our coaches for the preparation, for the opportunity to perform at such competitions. We are very grateful to Alina Kabaeva for such wonderful competition and thank Natalia Tishina for everything."</blockquote>

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Group exercise gymnasts from the V. S. Tishin Olympic Reserve School won the Sky Grace Cup for the Volga Federal District among candidate masters of sports.

"Artistry is the most important criterion." Gymnasts from the Nizhny Novgorod Region talk about accents in their programs

Group exercise gymnasts of the Academy earned the highest score for two exercises at the Sky Grace Cup for the Southern Federal District under the candidate masters of sports program. They were preparing under guidance of Academy coach Anna Ustsova.Anna Gryaznova, Alina Proshchalykina, Nikole Andronchik, Polina Zakharova and Nelly Reutskaya shared the details of working with Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka after the performance:<blockquote>"The music for the clubs has been recently changed for us. Irina Zenovka came and revised our exercise for the new music, for the Lezginka. And we have performed today for the first time after a small period of time after staging. There were mistakes but we managed to convey some emotions, managed to convey the move. And we will work for this exercise to be cleaner and more eye-catching."</blockquote>The gymnasts also told us about a new mascot presented to them by the Academy psychologist:<blockquote>"Irina Kozyr also presented a toy to us, a mascot, a small octopus, so it appears that the head is the entire our team and it has eight tentacles. And we are exactly these tentacles and that we must be as one. Now we have one more mascot."</blockquote>Finally, the girls thanked their mentors for the work and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for the opportunity to perform at the tournament:<blockquote>"We are very grateful to our coaches, choreographers, to Anna Ustsova that is constantly working with us. We also appreciate Irina Zenovka for coming very often, changing programs, working with us and preparing our programs for competitions. We also want to thank Alina Kabaeva for such opportunity to perform here."</blockquote>

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Gymnasts earned the highest score for two exercises under the candidate masters of sports program at the Sky Grace Cup for the Southern Federal District.