At the international Evgeniya Cup tournament, Darya Verenich became the best in the clubs and ribbon routines, and also won a bronze medal with the ball in the seniors' routine.After her performance, she told us what images she conveys in her routines.&nbsp;<blockquote>"For the hoop, I am so bold, I portray a little naughty one. My ball is tango and passion. I have an Italian song for clubs. And the ribbon — I wanted something certainly danceable, something Indian, so we chose this option. It seems to me it was very successful," Darya said.</blockquote>The athlete also assessed the level of competition.&nbsp;<blockquote>"I'm competing with myself, I don't look at my competitors. I try to do my best, so that I have it good. I was very happy to meet a lot of people. We look forward to more such competitions to meet each other," she said.</blockquote>The gymnast also expressed warm words of gratitude to two-time Olympic champion Evgeniya Kanaeva for the invitation to the tournament.<blockquote>"This is my second year here, at this arena. I really like everything. Thanks so much to Evgenia Kanaeva for inviting, organizing such big competitions," she said.&nbsp;</blockquote>The international Evgeniya Cup tournament&nbsp; was held in Omsk from May 27 to June 1. Darya Verenich competed under neutral status.

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Opinion

Darya Verenich, champion in the clubs and ribbon routines, and bronze medalist with the ball program in the seniors' routine, told us what images she conveys in her performances and why international competitions bring gymnasts together so much.

"We are looking forward to more competitions like this to meet each other!" Darya Verenich talks about the international Evgeniya Cup tournament

Cuban gymnast Isabella Rojas made the Top-10 in the ball and ribbon events in the all-around at the Pan American Championships, which ended in Paraguay. Now she will represent the country at the World Championships in Brazil.The athlete prepared for the competition at a training camp at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy under the guidance of our coaches and choreographers.The Cuban Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation thanked the Academy:<blockquote>"We would like to express our deep gratitude to Sky Grace for their support! We would not have achieved these results without your help."</blockquote>

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Academy Life

The athlete prepared for the competition at a training camp at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy under the guidance of our coaches and choreographers.

Isabella Rojas successfully performed at the Pan American Championships and will now represent Cuba at the World Championships

Russian judokas won three gold, one silver and three bronze medals, and also became the best in the overall team standings at the European Cup in Sarajevo.In the up to 73 kilogram category Abubakar Yusurov became the champion, Ilya Pirogov was second.Abdul-Kerim Tasuev and Timur Izhaev took first and third places in the up to 81 kilogram category.In the division up to 100 kg, Akhmed Magomedov won first place, Lazar Tskaev was third. Also with bronze was Polina Vakushina (up to 52 kg).

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MA Academy

Russian judokas won three gold, one silver and three bronze medals, and also became the best in the overall team standings at the European Cup in Sarajevo.

Russian judokas won seven medals at the European Cup

Training camp for gymnasts from different regions of the country has kicked off at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.The camp is organized by the Russian Gymnastics Federation. The classes are held under the guidance of the senior coach of the national team Anna Dyachenko and choreographer Sofia Tomilina.The athletes arrived in Sirius with personal trainers, with whom they will practice their programs.&nbsp;Full list of participants:1. Elizaveta Ivoylova (Kemerovo Region)2. Varvara Solovyova (Krasnodar Region)3. Arina Paimetova (Moscow)4. Viktoria Zinkovskaya (Moscow)5. Arina Sevostyanova (Moscow)6. Margarita Kuzmina (Moscow)7. Maria Tarasikova (Moscow)8. Evelina Tandalova (Moscow)9. Agnia Kraeva (Moscow)10. Alexandra Ponomareva (Rostov Region)11. Varvara Putintseva (Sevastopol)12. Maria Karaseva (Moscow Region)13. Viktoria Chechetina (Moscow)14. Diana Kotlovskaya (St. Petersburg)15. Liya Rodionova (St. Petersburg, Sky Grace)16. Miroslava Monina (Penza, Sky Grace)17. Arina Simvolokova (Nizhny Novgorod Region)18. Darya Okhotnikova (Nizhny Novgorod Region)19. Veronika Solomatina (St. Petersburg, Sky Grace)20. Veronika Malinina (St. Petersburg, Sky Grace)21. Aksinya Lopaeva (Irkutsk Region)22. Darya Feitullaeva (Yaroslavl Region)23. Yulia Bogdanova (Sverdlovsk Region)24. Sofia Bogdanova (Sverdlovsk Region)The camp will run until June 14.&nbsp;

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The classes are held under the guidance of the senior coach of the national team Anna Dyachenko and choreographer Sofia Tomilina.

Training camps for gymnasts from different regions of the country have started at the Academy

Coach Irina Kozharyna came to the training camp at the the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy with gymnast Maria Tarasikova from Moscow.The specialist shared her impressions on being in the hall.<blockquote>"I really wanted to come here, to watch. There is this incredibly soulful atmosphere here. You know, it’s as if you’ve been here many, many times."</blockquote>She told about the trainings of gymnasts in Sirius.<blockquote>"There are places that just touch your soul right away. The Academy is one of those wonderful places that you’d like to come back to again and again."</blockquote>The coach also noted her gymnast’s progress.<blockquote>"Maria Tarasikova is 13 years old. She has already come to the third training camp. She is progressing very well. She is so very cautious, but here I see that she is becoming more relaxed, emotional, strong. This is also very nice, I really want to help her."</blockquote>&nbsp;

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The specialist came to the training camp with gymnast Maria Tarasikova from Moscow.

"The Academy is one of those wonderful places that you want to go back to!" Coach Irina Kozharyna talks about the training camp in Sirius

On June 6, the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy&nbsp;will host the mAlinka competition for preschoolers from free early development groups.The girls will perform exercises without an apparatus, one or two types, and also demonstrate general physical fitness skills.The tournament for young gymnasts will be held for the third time.

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Competitions

The tournament will be attended by the kids from free early development groups.

Academy will host the mAlinka competition on June 6

Irina Kostryuchenko from Krasnodar is Russia’s Master of Sports, coach teacher of the highest category at the State Budgetary Institution of Additional Education of the Krasnodar Territory Sports School of the Olympic Reserve in Rhythmic Gymnastics.The specialist noted the convenience of judging at the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association competitions.<blockquote>"The latest technologies help in judging the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association tournaments. We tested in action the system of assigning scores using a computer program. We assigned points on the monitor while the gymnast was working on the floor. Clear and convenient."</blockquote>

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Our judges

The specialist from Krasnodar is the next character in the Our Judges column.

Our Judges. Irina Kostyuchenko

The winners and prize-winners under the Candidate Master of Sports program in group exercises were determined at the All-Russian Sky Grace Cup competition.The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy team consisting of Nikole Andronchik, Anna Gryaznova, Polina Zakharova, Alina Proshchalykina, Kira Pryn and Nelli Reutskaya, won gold.The second place went to the Krasnodar Region team, consisting of Yulia Klabukova, Alena Kopkova, Yulia Ivanova, Milana Samarina, Milana Panfutova and Alexandra Zablovskaya.And the Republic of Crimea team won bronze. It’s members are Sofia Bodnya, Kristina Kiseleva, Yesenia Smerdova, Ekaterina Chunikhina, Sofia Chesnokova and Melania Smirnova.ResultsMaster of Sports Candidate, Group exercises<ol><li>Sky Grace — 51,70</li><li>Krasnodar Region -1 — 50.95</li><li>Republic of Crimea-1 — 50.65</li><li>Republic of Kalmykia — 46.80</li><li>Rostov Region-1 — 45.85</li><li>Republic of Crimea-2 — 45.70</li><li>Donetsk People's Republic — 43.40</li><li>Rostov Region-2 — 42.65</li><li>Moscow-1 — 42.45</li><li>Republic of Crimea-3 — 42.40</li><li>Stavropol Region-1 — 41.80</li><li>Republic of Adygea-1 — 41.80</li><li>Belgorod Region-1 — 40.90</li><li>Sverdlovsk Region-1 — 40.85</li><li>Moscow-2 — 40.60</li><li>Stavropol Region-2 — 38.95</li><li>Republic of Crimea-4 — 38.95</li><li>Krasnodar Region-2 — 37.70</li><li>Moscow-3 — 37.30</li><li>Sevastopol-1 — 36.65</li><li>Belgorod Region-2 — 33.55</li><li>Republic of Adygea-2 — 33.55</li><li>Stavropol Region-3 — 29.80</li></ol>&nbsp;

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The Academy team won gold, the Krasnodar Region team took second place, and the Republic of Crimea team won bronze.

Results of group gymnasts exercises under the Master of Sports Candidate program at the All-Russian Formula of Victory competitions

The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy group gymnasts summed up the results of the international Evgeniya Cup tournament.Anna Gryaznova told how the team thinks they performed at the competition.<blockquote>“On the first day, we performed well with hoops. We caught everything and tried to do it emotionally. On the rest of the days, unfortunately, we did not succeed in everything, but we will try very hard and hope that at the next competitions we will show everything better and more emotionally, as Alina Kabaeva told us,” Anna said.</blockquote>For Kira Pryn, this performance was her debut for the Sky Grace team. The gymnast shared what emotions she experienced before the performance.<blockquote>“It was exciting, but I tried not to show that I was scared, and the girls supported me, calmed me down. It was easier for me to appear. And we performed from the heart,” the gymnast said.</blockquote>Nelli Reutskaya also singled out the teams that the Academy group gymnasts liked.<blockquote>“We really enjoy the Russian national team, the team from Omsk. They are very emotional, they have difficult programs. They know how to control everything accurately. If an apparatus flies the wrong way, they catch it,” she said.</blockquote>The athletes took part in the international Evgeniya Cup tournament in Omsk for the first time.

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The gymnasts took part in the competition in Omsk for the first time.

"We performed with all our hearts." Academy group gymnasts on participation in the international Evgeniya Cup tournament

The winners and prize winners of the finals of individual events in the senior program were determined at the international Evgeniya Cup tournament.In the final with the hoop, Ulyana Janus from Omsk came in first. Second place went to Daria Tkacheva, competing in neutral status, and Academy gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg won bronze.Darya Verenich, who competed in a neutral status, won gold in the clubs final. Academy athlete Mariia Borisova came in second, and Elvina Biktimirova from Uzbekistan came in third.Darya Verenich also won the ribbon final. Ulyana Yanus won silver, and Academy gymnast Mariia Borisova won bronze.<h1>Results</h1><h4>Hoop final, seniors</h4><ol><li>Ulyana Janus (Russia) – 30.10</li><li>Daria Tkacheva (AIN) – 28.60</li><li>Mariia Borisova (Russia, Sky Grace) - 28.25</li><li>Anna Kamenshchikova (AIN) – 27.75</li><li>Elvina Biktimirova (Uzbekistan) – 26.90</li><li>Samira Akhmedova (Uzbekistan) - 26.35</li><li>Erika Zhailauova (Kazakhstan)— 25.65</li><li>Valeria Vasilyeva (Kazakhstan) - 24.60</li></ol><h4>Clubs final, seniors</h4><ol><li>Daria Verenich (AIN) - 30.35</li><li>Mariia Borisova (Russia, Sky Grace) – 28.90</li><li>Elvina Biktimirova (Uzbekistan) – 26.70</li><li>Ulyana Janus (Russia) – 26.65</li><li>Samira Akhmedova (Uzbekistan) – 25.75</li><li>Daria Tkacheva (AIN) – 25.60</li><li>Erika Zhailauova (Kazakhstan) – 25.55</li><li>Valeria Vasilyeva (Kazakhstan) - 24.35</li></ol><h4>Ribbon final, seniors</h4><ol><li>Daria Verenich (AIN) — 29.60</li><li>Ulyana Janus (Russia) — 29.40</li><li>Mariia Borisova (Russia, Sky Grace) — 27.50</li><li>Erika Zhailauova (Kazakhstan) — 26.95</li><li>Samira Akhmedova (Uzbekistan) — 26.00</li><li>Daria Tkacheva (AIN) — 25.95</li><li>Valeria Vasilyeva (Kazakhstan) — 25.55</li><li>Sofia Bernat (UAE) — 23.15</li></ol>

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Academy gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg won three medals on the last day of the competition.

Results of the finals of individual events in the senior program at the international Evgeniya Cup competition

The winner and prize winners of the all-around in the senior program were announced at the international Evgeniya Cup competition in Omsk.The winner of the tournament was Academy gymnast Mariia Borisova. Second place was taken by another Russian athlete Ulyana Janus, andDarya Tkacheva, who competes in a neutral status, took bronze.<h1>Results</h1><h4>All-around, seniors</h4>1. Mariia Borisova (Russia, Sky Grace) - 117.75 2. Ulyana Janus (Russia) - 116.75 3. Daria Tkacheva (AIN) - 112.35 4. Daria Verenich (AIN) - 112.00 5. Elvira Biktimirova (Uzbekistan) - 105.50 6. Erika Zhailauova (Kazakhstan) - 104.70 7. Valeria Vasilyeva (Kazakhstan) - 104.60 8. Samira Akhmedova (Uzbekistan) - 104.50 9. Sofia Bernat (UAE) - 99.65 OC Arina Kovshova (Russia) — 112.75 OC Victoria Bespalova (Russia) — 111.40 OC Milena Schenyatskaya (Russia) — 111.15 OC Ksenia Kolyadina (Russia) — 110.30 OC Alisa Medvedeva (Russia) — 110.10 OC Alina Rechkina (AIN) — 109.90 OC Anastasia Vlasenko (Russia) — 109.55 OC Arina Tkachuk (Russia) — 109.45 OC Dana Semirenko (Russia) — 108.85 OC Anna Kamenshchikova (AIN) — 108.45 OC Yulia Wagner (Russia) — 108.20 OC Daria Grokhotova (AIN) — 106.75 OC Varvara Toporova (Russia) — 102.80 OC Sofia Kuryachenko (Kazakhstan) – 101.70&nbsp;

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The winner of the tournament was Mariia Borisova, second place was taken by Ulyana Janus, and bronze went to Darya Tkacheva.