Irina Gusarova, coach of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest champion Mariia Borisova from St.Petersburg, explained the qualities of the gymnast that helped her win medals:<blockquote>"We tried to work on consistency. We did a lot of practice runs, trying to get it right the first time. And we wanted to perform well. Unfortunately, not everything worked out, but we'll try, strive, and hopefully everything will work out, because Masha is dilligent and works hard. And I hope everything works out for her, everything will work out just the way she really wants, just the way we all want it. She'll perform consistently, without losses, confidently, brilliantly, and powerfully."</blockquote>Irina also thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.<blockquote>"I'd especially like to thank Alina Kabaeva for her constant support, guidance, advice, help, confidence building, and generally rooting for Masha and for us."</blockquote>At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Irina Gusarova's student took first place in the all-around and won gold medals in the ball, clubs, and ribbon finals.

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The specialist also thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.


Coach Irina Gusarova explained the qualities of Mariia Borisova that helped her win medals at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

Master classes from award-winning athletes continue as part of the Judo Family festival at the Martial Arts Academy.&nbsp;Timur Arbuzov, 2025 World Champion in the 81 kg category, led a training session for young participants.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/ad1/fff/ad1fff7645c86ab4403e601bd25220a6.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/9b2/043/9b2043f9bce54a579a3fad122b47fd26.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/3b0/749/3b07496e9c65a7dbc3f9c256f7abf1cb.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/12b/873/12b873090c7f95f56ca3dd2224157b66.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/b74/a5e/b74a5e2195bdf8aa3ad63aa261135472.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/037/9ab/0379ab80971f040a013a94838a80c506.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/fa7/a54/fa7a54a96bdbc6e89491434fb44d81d9.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/c7b/524/c7b524d64e61179a83ffe24d6183a9f9.jpg"></figure>

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The master class was held as part of the Judo Family festival.

Timur Arbuzov led a training session at the Martial Arts Academy

Choreographer Natalia Belugina choreographed a new program with clubs for the Academy student Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow. Coach Elizaveta Chernova helped her with this.Natalia shared the details of creating the exercise and the image of the gymnast:<blockquote>"She has lovely exercises. She is simply such pretty, lovely girls. These rules need artistry nevertheless, something else is required. So, and we turned her into a shaman lady, with various spirits settling in. And it matcher her. She indeed like that."</blockquote>The specialist also told what the focus is when choreographing programs according to FIG rules:<blockquote>"We are working on everything. Emotion is indeed important, effects are important at the international stage, but everything should be done very accurately there. That is, so that everything is visible. Every element, every bend, when bending somewhere, to the horizontal, if something is not right, then they say good-bye. We are working hard, yes, do everything at 720 degrees, standing in all the poses, not in a rushing tempo, we did the program so that, you know, there is no such chasing. To have it emotionally beautiful, with stops yet clearly, so that they are not fuming when doing elements. They, the girls, indeed have the rage. It cannot be called differently. To make faster, quicker —&nbsp;no. Slightly calmer, we can do everything a bit quicker when starting, when making a certain transition, but not when doing elements."</blockquote>

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At the Academy, the specialist, together with coach Elizaveta Chernova, is preparing Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow for the upcoming competition.

Choreographer Natalia Belugina tells what the focus is when choreographing programs according to FIG rules

As part of the V anniversary "Judo Family" festival, the Martial Arts Academy hosted a master class by the 2025 world champion Matvey Kanikovsky.The festival in Sirius was organized by the Ichiban-Tyumen Judo Club with the support of the Russian Judo Federation.

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Young athletes had the opportunity to try themselves in a fight with the 2025 world judo champion.

Matvey Kanikovsky's judo master class was held as part of the "Judo Family" festival

Maksim Prosyanok, Head judge of the Russian Railways-Vremya Loko multisport competitions, shared the details of the tournament:<blockquote>"It’s an annual competition. We used to call it the Russian Railways Workers' Spartakiad, now it's called the Russian Railways Multisport Competition. This is the second time we've held it under the auspices of the multisport competitions. This is the third year we've held the swimming competition at this pool."</blockquote>The specialist also explained why the swimming competition is being held at the Martial Arts Academy for the third year in a row:<blockquote>"Convenient location, good conditions, and a responsive team. Overall, it's a great experience for both the organizers and the participants."</blockquote>64 people (32 women and 32 men) took part in the swimming competitions, and about 400 in total took part in multisport competitions. In the coming days, the participants will compete for victory in athletics, kettlebell lifting, badminton, table tennis and three-on-three basketball.

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The specialist explained why the swimming competition is being held at the Martial Arts Academy for the third year in a row.

"Convenient location, excellent conditions, and a responsive team!" Head judge Maksim Prosyanok talks about the Russian Railways multisport competitions

The Russian Railways multi-sport competition, Loko Time, has begun in Sochi.The Martial Arts Academy was one of the venues for the swimming competition. There were 64 swimmers — 32 men and 32 women participated in the event.

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There were 64 swimmers — 32 men and 32 women participated in the event.

The Martial Arts Academy became the venue for the swimming competition of the Russian Railways multi-sport competition — Loko Time

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After the master class at the Martial Arts Academy, the 2025 European Champion, many-time medalist of the Grand Slam tournaments, and Master of Sports of Russia in judo Danil Lavrentyev spoke about his way to victory:&nbsp;<blockquote>"Of course, I was very happy with this victory. It took me a long time to get here. It has been a very difficult road. Because there were a lot of injuries in both the junior and youth ranks. And somehow, a year before the Olympics, I managed to make the senior team, and then qualify for the Olympic Games. But, unfortunately, we didn't go. Last year I finished second at the European Championships, and this year I won."</blockquote>Danil Lavrentyev noted his father's role in his development:&nbsp;<blockquote>"Of course, he helped me a lot. He made me train almost my entire childhood. I was a lazy person. But he made me such a hardworking child, and that's paid off greatly in adult sports."</blockquote>The 2025 European Champion also prompted parents on how to properly train at home with their children:&nbsp;<blockquote>"Probably, if they ask, then, of course, it's in some kind of game format. Just like here we just played a little, wrestled, the guys were very happy, the kids were happy. I think everyone enjoyed it. You can wrestle and train at home too."</blockquote>The festival in Sirius was organized by the Ichiban-Tyumen Judo Club with the support of the Russian Judo Federation.

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The athlete also advised parents on how to properly train with their children.

2025 European Judo Champion Danil Lavrentyev spoke about his path to victory

A master class by the 2025 European champion, multiple medalist of the Grand Slam tournaments and Master of Sports of Russia in judo Danil Lavrentyev was held at the Martial Arts Academy as part of the 5th jubilee Judo Family festival, along with a training session for children and parents.The festival in Sirius was organized by the Ichiban-Tyumen Judo Club with the support of the Russian Judo Federation.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/58e/00c/58e00c29ab5fbdd600913f79047f2772.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/252/edd/252edde6623388236a255e92cfb512c4.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/564/a02/564a02667558cb7ca3540b4c09d45fd2.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/8a2/fbd/8a2fbd097953dfdf86f947dd7fcc03fe.jpg"></figure>

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A training session for children and parents was also conducted as part of the 5th jubilee Judo Family festival.



A master class by 2025 European champion Danil Lavrentyev was held at the Martial Arts Academy

Laura Acosta from Mexico explained how she will help at training sessions with the students:&nbsp;<blockquote>"I received an invitation from Alina Kabaeva. I’m very happy to be here again. To help for the artistic and body difficulty, to help the coaches. This is my pleasure, of course, to give my experience in the world championship of juniors and seniors in Brazil. I try to help with more expression, more clean details, to have more score for artistic details. This is the most important thing."</blockquote>The specialist from Mexico also noted what the main task is for the gymnasts at competitions:<blockquote>"Of course, the most important thing is to enjoy the competition, and more strong and more focus for make every thing is more clean. And the most important thing is to enjoy and demonstrate what we can do, the athletes, in the competition. This is very important - to show for the judges what we can do."</blockquote>

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The specialist shared details of her participation in the training at the Academy.

Coach Laura Acosta from Mexico gave an interview after the training session with the students of the Academy

The second national gymnastics tournament named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva was held in the Republic of Congo.&nbsp;Ambassador of the Russian Federation Ilyas Iskandarov, President of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of Congo Claudine Noël Miakassissa, representatives of the Ministry of Sports and the Mayor’s Office of Brazzaville were in the stands. The initiative to hold the tournament belongs to the Congolese side.The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy supports gymnasts from the Republic of Congo. Athletes from this country came to the training camp three times, with all expenses covered by the Academy. Furthermore, the Congolese gymnasts participated in the Alina Festival in 2024.

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In the stands were the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, the President of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of Congo, representatives of the Ministry of Sports, as well as the Mayor’s Office of Brazzaville.