The Academy students performed at the international Golden Cup tournament in Slovakia as part of the junior program.Champion in the clubs exercise and bronze medalist in the all-around and hoop exercise Karolina Tarasova shared her impressions of the competition in Slovakia.<blockquote>"There was really good support here, everyone clapped for us, supported us.. I have new clubs. I like them very much. Irina Zenovka made them for me. We’ve already performed at fairly large competitions. It wasn’t so scary to perform here. Here you performed more with pleasure. We are very happy that we presented Sky Grace here with dignity."</blockquote>Yana Zaikina, who won four gold medals, spoke about the advice of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.<blockquote>"She always motivates us so that we don’t worry, go out and do everything as best we can. She tells us to do everything in turn. One movement, then the second. She tells us to do it very brightly."</blockquote>And Ksenia Savinova, who won four silver medals, summed up the performance&amp;<blockquote>"I liked the tournament, and I liked performing here because it’s very cozy here. Not everything worked out, there were mistakes, but there’s something to work on."</blockquote>Our gymnasts do not need a neutral status for participation because this is a club tournament and the girls were invited to perform as athletes of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association.

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Opinion

The gymnasts of the Academy competed in Slovakia on behalf of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association.

Yana Zaikina, Ksenia Savinova and Karolina Tarasova shared their impressions of the Golden Cup tournament

Soloist of Alla&nbsp;Dukhova's&nbsp;TODES Dance Theater Pavel Volosov held a master class at the recovery camp at the Academy.The dancer talked about the main goal of the class.<blockquote>"Our task was to open them up a little emotionally. I’m sure it worked out, because by the end there were&nbsp;already had both&nbsp;smiles and energy. When we were traveling, we thought that the choreography was complicated, we would simplify it as we went, and we looked at each other like that. And when we arrived, we started giving the first eight, we realized that the girls were really taking the information and grasping the whole choreography. We decided not to change anything and to work more on the emotional background, which they did an excellent job with," Pavel said.&nbsp;</blockquote>He also shared the details of working with the athletes from the Russian national team and from the Academy.<blockquote>"We were told that there would be champions. And champions always get the number one task, so we counted on the fact that champions should be given winning combinations, champion’s material," the dancer said.&nbsp;</blockquote>He also noted how dance and gymnastics are similar.&nbsp;<blockquote>"In both choreography and gymnastics, discipline is the most important thing. It’s both here and there. Stretching — both here and there, the form. The girls were just, as it seemed to me, a little bit reserved due to the fact that sport is a slightly different direction," he said.&nbsp;</blockquote>

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Academy Life

As part of the recovery camp, the Academy held a dance master class for the students and Russian national team gymnasts.

"Champions need to be given winning combinations!" Soloist of Alla Dukhova's TODES Dance Theater Pavel Volosov talks about the master class

Lead dancers of Alla Dukhova TODES Dance Theatre held two master classes in Sirius.Pavel Volosov, Anastasia Soslovskaya, Martin Stsibor-Gurkovsky, Ekaterina Kurochenko and Denis Ishmetov worked with the gymnasts of the Russian national team and the Academy at the recovery camp. They learned an unusual dance combination with them.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/e7c/79a/e7c79a1405d2254c68cb7adccb267287.png"></figure>The professionals also shared their experience with the participants in the dance workshop of Alla Dukhova TODES school-studio. It takes place at the Martial Arts Academy.<figure class="image"><img src="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/images/editor/8da/5e0/8da5e05905d6a36be4f1ce280101963e.png"></figure>The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy extends appreciation to TODES for cooperation and the professional master class.

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Workouts

Pavel Volosov, Anastasia Soslovskaya, Martin Stsibor-Gurkovsky, Ekaterina Kurochenko and Denis Ishmetov worked with the gymnasts of the Russian national team and the Academy, and also with the participants in the dance workshop of Alla Dukhova TODES school-studio.

Lead dancers of Alla Dukhova TODES Dance Theatre held master classes in Sirius

We are talking about the rotation that bears the name of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.<blockquote>14.Kabaeva (KR) - a front split with a backward bend of the body below the horizontal line from a standing position.</blockquote>This element is performed in a front split with the body tilted back below the horizontal from a standing position.&nbsp;The value according to the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association rules is 0.50.&nbsp;<div data-component="video" data-props="{&quot;materialId&quot;:5936,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Выдержка из правил. Владислава Николаенко&quot;,&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;subDir&quot;:&quot;194/33f&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;19433f843fa526d22770f7.mp4&quot;,&quot;durationMs&quot;:7966},&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ec44dd2d4870eed4cf20141615c69dd83&quot;}"></div>The rotation is assessed after the gymnast takes the required turn shape. The basic turn is 180°.When performed from a sitting position, a 0.10 bonus is given to the base value of the element. The gymnast can earn the same number of additional points if she passes the apparatus behind her supporting leg.The full rules are available on our website:<a href="https://skygrace.ru/clubs-association">International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association rules</a>

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Rulebook Excerpts

A new element in the Rulebook excerpts is the Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva rotation.

Rulebook excerpts. Kabaeva rotation (KR)

Sofia Vorobyova from Moscow, Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region and Alesya Naifonova from North Ossetia — Alania dream of becoming students of the Academy. Alina Kabaeva assessed their abilities at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest and the girls were given the opportunity to stay and train.&nbsp;Sofia Vorobyova told how training sessions are held at the Academy:<blockquote>"I like it very much at the Academy, there is a very kind, good atmosphere here, all the girls help each other. Everything is very well arranged for training here, that is, everything is done for convenience. I made friends with many girls. Well, in general, I get along well with everyone. There are two training sessions here, and usually we had one training session. For every athlete, this will be, of course, an added bonus, that there are so many training sessions. Of course, yes, it can be difficult, but still, the result will be very good."</blockquote>Sofia also noted that she was inspired by the meeting with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva:<blockquote>"I imagined her as very kind, but when I saw her in real life, she turned out to be even kinder, even sweeter. She is very beautiful. I was inspired."</blockquote>Eva Kononova recalled how her parents reacted to her departure to the Academy:<blockquote>"Of course, it was sad, but my parents want me to advance in sports. They were also very happy."</blockquote>Eva also shared her impressions of the meeting with the Olympic champion:<blockquote>"I imagined Alina Maratovna as kind and good. When I came here, she was just incredibly kind. She told me comments, praised me. She would tell me to show some elements, I would show them. She would say, ‘Well done!’ Or she would give me comments, give a lot of advice. I listen to them, try to correct. Alina Maratovna told me to do a lot of drawings in the ribbon before taking risks, so that the ribbon doesn't fall flat."</blockquote>And Alesya Naifonova recalled her first visit to the Academy and named her main dream:&nbsp;<blockquote>"My friends from Vladikavkaz showed me a telegram channel, I subscribed, started watching, I found it very interesting. In 2023, I was here at the Alina festival. I liked it very much. I would like to become an Olympic champion like Alina Maratovna."</blockquote>

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The gymnasts had the opportunity to practice at the Academy after the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

"I would like to become an Olympic champion like Alina Kabaeva!" Sofia Vorobyova, Eva Kononova and Alesya Naifonova speak about the meeting with Alina Kabaeva and workouts at the Academy

Marina Nikolaeva, the coach of the Russian national team, came to the Academy for the recovery camp.The specialist explained how such recovery camps are useful for gymnasts:<blockquote>"The recovery camp is the camp in the middle of the year, when we don’t have any difficult, major competitions ahead of us in the near future. The gymnasts can afford one or two weeks to recover, not to train their competition programs, to miss them a little. But at the same time, to acquire something else, for example, to do more dance training, as you see here, choreographic training, special physical training. My job is to train the gymnasts on apparatus work. To improve and teach them apparatus elements, skills, and some new interesting things. And during our morning jog, to do exercises seaside. It's very nice. It’s our interesting experience for the gymnasts."</blockquote>She also noted why the Academy is an ideal place to train gymnasts:<blockquote>"The Academy is very suitable for this camp and for all other camps. It's a great place where gymnasts can train and improve wonderfully."</blockquote>

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Marina Nikolaeva, the coach of the Russian national team, conducts apparatus training with the gymnasts.

“It's a great place where gymnasts can train and improve wonderfully." Marina Nikolaeva talks about the recovery camp at the Academy

Olga Vlasova&nbsp;from Nizhny Tagil is a candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, and coach and instructor of the top qualification category in rhythmic gymnastics at the Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Education Athletic School 2.&nbsp;She was a judge of the Sky Grace Cup interregional qualification competition for the Ural Federal District and the all-Russian Sky Grace Cup tournament.&nbsp;The specialist noted the influence of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association on the development of rhythmic gymnastics:&nbsp; &nbsp;<blockquote>"Features in rules of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association encourage gymnasts to perform difficult technical elements, thereby contributing to the development of athletes and rhythmic gymnastics in general. For me, judging at competitions is always a big responsibility. I made the decision to become a judge of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association because I always wanted to work and improve my judging skills in a team of professionals."</blockquote>

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Our judges

The professional from Nizhny Tagil is the next character in the Our Judges section.

Our Judges. Olga Vlasova

Head coach of the Russian national team Tatyana Sergaeva came to the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.The specialist will work with gymnasts at the recovery camp that is being held from June 20 to July 4.

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The professional will work with gymnasts at the recovery camp.

Head coach of the Russian national team Tatyana Sergaeva arrived at the Academy

The Russian men's and women's teams successfully performed at the international Russian Judo Tour tournament in Chelyabinsk.Dmitry Kotelnikov&nbsp;won the men's 60 kg category.&nbsp;Shamsutdin&nbsp;Umaev&nbsp;won the silver medal,&nbsp;Vyacheslav&nbsp;Urazgildeev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Nikita Anisimov&nbsp;took bronze.In the weight category of up to 66 kg the winner is&nbsp;Yago Abuladze,&nbsp;and the second and third places were taken by&nbsp;Rufat Aleskerov, Levon Tumasyants&nbsp;and&nbsp;Islam Sultygov.The champion of the category up to 73 kg is&nbsp;Magomed Mashtayev,&nbsp;the silver medalist is&nbsp;Abubakar Yusupov.Kurban Kudiev&nbsp;is the winner in the category of up to 81 kg, while &nbsp;silver and bronze medalists are&nbsp;Akroman Parchiev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sergey Alyamkin.The winner in the weight category up to 90 kg is&nbsp;Adam Utsiev,&nbsp;the second place is taken by Artem Ustemirov,&nbsp;the third place went to&nbsp;Shamil Gadzhiev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alan Khubetsov.In the up to 100 kg, the winner was&nbsp;Denis Korotaev,&nbsp;silver and bronze medals were won by&nbsp;Aslan Bagov&nbsp;and&nbsp;Igor Dolganov.&nbsp;In the category over 100 kg, gold went to&nbsp;Serikbai Zhanabekov.&nbsp;Second and third places were taken by&nbsp;Valery Endovitsky, Dmitry Evseev&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bislan Katamardov.Among women,&nbsp;Alina Sergeeva&nbsp;won in the 48 kg category.&nbsp;Anastasia Yakunina&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anastasia Petrova&nbsp;took second and third places.In the 52 kg category,&nbsp;Aelina Mazitova&nbsp;won the silver medal, and&nbsp;Daria Zakharova&nbsp;took third place.In the 57 kg category,&nbsp;Olga Mukhina&nbsp;became the champion. Silver and bronze went to&nbsp;Daria Kuzmina, Lyubov&nbsp;Timofeycheva&nbsp;and&nbsp;Valentina Shtentsova.In the 63 kg category,&nbsp;Kamila Badurova&nbsp;won the gold medal,&nbsp;Milena&nbsp;Khilova&nbsp;won the silver medal, and&nbsp;Alexandra Balabanova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stefania Vlasova&nbsp;won the bronze medal.The best in the category up to 70 kg are&nbsp;Daria Khramoykina, Eva Ognivova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Taisiya Kireeva.In the category up to 78 kg, the gold medal went to&nbsp;Alena Prokopenko.&nbsp;Together with her on the podium were&nbsp;Antonina Shmeleva, Anastasia Pavlova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alexandra Babintseva.Veronika Kafanova&nbsp;became the winner in the category over 78 kg, the second place went to&nbsp;Marina Bukreeva,&nbsp;the third to&nbsp;Kira Safonova&nbsp;and&nbsp;Angela Gasparyan.Full competition results are available on the official Russian Judo Federation <a href="https://online.judo.ru/event/14571">website</a>.

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MA Academy

The competition was held in Chelyabinsk, June 28 to 29.

The Russian Judo Team successfully performs at the Russian Judo Tour

The training camps will be held at the Academy from August 3 to 10. Athletes born in 2016 and older are invited to participate.The camp program includes: choreography, special physical training, apparatus training, general physical training, dance training, practicing and adjusting programs, psychological training and discussions, rhythmic classes, an original master class by the European Championship silver and bronze medalist Elizaveta Zorkina, as well as swimming pool time.&nbsp;The training camp coaching staff include IIrina Gusarova, Evgeniya Eliseeva, Anna Ustsova, Alina Gusarova, Elizaveta Chernova, Olga Minigalina, Ekaterina Lots, Elizaveta Zorkina, Alina Protasova, Zlata Tulubaeva, Olga Frolova, Olesya Kovaleva, choreographers Elena Egorova and Ekaterina Belova, as well as psychologist Irina Kozyr.Also during the camp, a selection process will be held for the Academy group team gymnasts born in 2010-2012.&nbsp;In order to participate, you must first send a video to the following email address:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:gymnast@skygrace.ru">gymnast@skygrace.ru</a>.&nbsp;Applications are accepted until July 25 via email: sbory@skygrace.ru.&nbsp;You can read the training camp regulations below<a href="https://skygrace.ru/static/files/shared/577/4b1/polozhenie-o-provedenii-sborov-avgust-2025.pdf">Training camp regulations (August 2025)</a>

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The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy  will hold a training camp on August 3 through 10. Athletes born in 2016 and older are invited to participate.

The Academy to hold training camp from August 3 to 10

At the Academy's recovery camp, there was floor training with Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan. The professional explained what the gymnasts were working on:&nbsp;<blockquote>"Now we are recovering using floor training, where we include the necessary muscles that are already involved in the body elements, in order to move forward more intensively. The abs in girls are the most underestimated muscle in the body group and one of the most basic, which is responsible for stability and balance of absolutely all elements."</blockquote>Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan also shared the main goal for this training camp:&nbsp;<blockquote>"The Academy has gathered some of the best specialists represented by choreographers and coaches. Irina Zenovka comes and puts on absolutely wonderful programs. I want to help, with common work and common efforts to make it so that on the floor all those things that have been worked on for years with the Sky Grace coaches, with the help of the professionals from the Russian national team, only become better."</blockquote>The recovery camp at the Academy will continue until July 4.

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Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan told us what the gymnasts were working on.