Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva talked through preparations for the Sky Grace Grand Prix international competition in the capital of Belarus.
"The organization was at the highest level. I see that the children were preparing, because we also had a selection for districts within our country, Russia, then there were all-Russian competitions. And now these are international competitions that are taking place in Minsk, and children are selected for the finals, for the international Sky Grace Cup competition. I am very glad that the seminars were held and many judges passed the exams. And thanks to the fact that we have a judging group, we can hold competitions according to the Sky Grace rules."
Alina Kabaeva also commended the Belarusian side for the help in holding the competition.
"Of course, I want to thank our Belarusian friends, first of all, of course, Irina Leparskaya, because literally a year ago we talked about holding international competitions according to the Sky Grace Association rules and we really succeeded."