"It's very cozy here!" Academy student Anna Vakulenko talks about the training camp in Novogorsk

Academy gymnast Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd shared her impressions of the training camp in Novogorsk. 

"I really liked it here. Because we have only been here for three days, but a lot has happened during this time. We trained, we had a control training session with the head coach. And there were also a lot of coaches from the Russian national team who helped us with the exercise. We did the exercises, then they told us what is considered correct and what is not, and they talked more about the artistry. And I really liked it here, because it is very cozy, it is very similar to the Academy hall, because it is also spacious. And there were girls with whom we have been communicating for a long time, and it was very nice to see them," Anna said.

The athlete spoke about training under the  guidance of the Russian national team Head Coach Tatyana Sergaeva. 

"She is very honest, fair, but at the same time so strict, very kind on the inside. She says everything very precisely and does not even scold that much, she only says what is. She told me a lot about the artistry in order to add something to the exercise. Especially about the exercise with the ribbon at the end: she told me that the last part there does not really hit the accents. Evgeniya Kanaeva was also there, and she saw this and said that she would help me redo it. And after the control training session, she helped me redo the ending with the ribbon," the gymnast said.

In addition to Anna Vakulenko, Mariia Borisova from St.Petersburg and Alexandra Borisova from Moscow, also took part in the training camp in Novogorsk.