"The goal is to work out all the catches." Olesya Kovaleva talked about her workouts with a Novosibirsk gymnast

Olesya Kovaleva, Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy talked about working with young athlete Valeria Medvedeva, who came to the training camp from Novosibirsk.

“We’ve changed the program according to the international rules. We put in more rotational movements, so you need to adapt to them, work them out. This, of course, takes time,” Olesya said.

Olesya Kovaleva also evaluated Valeria's strengths and pointed out what the young gymnast still needs to work on.

“Despite how fragile she is, she performs rotational movements very well at high speed, spins, helicopters, roll-overs with a transition to the floor. The main task is to work out all the catches, because there is a small problem with them. Again, it all comes with skill, with experience, and with time spent on it. If you focus and work very hard, you will definitely succeed,” the coach said.

The Academy training camp will run until July 9.