We represent all the participants of the international experimental tournament in Moscow, which is held by the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation.
Moscow's VTB Arena will host a unique rhythmic gymnastics tournament Sky Grace on December 16-17. The competition will be held on the initiative of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. The girls will compete according to unusual rules based on those that were in effect in 2001-2005, and those that will be used from 2022 to 2024. Gymnasts will perform in the all—around, the program of which includes exercises with four objects - a hoop, a ball, clubs and a ribbon.
The main criterion for selecting gymnasts to participate in the tournament were the results of the 2020 Olympics — girls from 10 national teams represented in the Sky Grace will perform Tokyo. In total, fans will see athletes from four continents and from 13 countries in Moscow. We introduce the gymnasts who will take to the carpet of the VTB Arena. We present the girls in the order determined for their performance by the draw.
Karina Kamenetsky Country: Canada Year of birth: 2007 Coaches: Svetlana Zhukova, Anastasia Shikhareva, Kira Protasova Career: Karina is from a family of immigrants from the USSR: her father was born in Moldova, and her mother — in Belarus. Sky Grace will be Kamenetsky's first tournament in Russia. The young athlete started gymnastics in Toronto at the Kalev Estienne club with the former "group girl" from the Ukrainian national team Anastasia Shikhareva. Karina is the Canadian Junior champion (2021). |
Sofia Bernat Country: Hungary Year of birth: 2006 Coach: Inga Matskus Career: Participant of the Junior World Championship (2019). Sofia's mom — Lyubov Bernat (Alexandrova) — grew up in Russia, but then moved to Budapest. Now she trains at the same club RUS RG Sport, where Sofia is engaged. |
Nicole Krasyuk Country: Ukraine Year of birth: 2004 Coaches: Marina Kardash, Valeria Bayer Career: Winner of the Junior European Championship (2019) in group exercises, participant of the Junior World Championship (2019), winner of the international tournament "Deryugina Cup" (2020) in the individual all-around, winner of the Ukrainian Championship (2020) in the individual all-around. Candidate for the national team of Ukraine. |
Martina Brambilla Country: Italy Year of birth: 2002 Coach: Elena Aliprandi, Ciara Marelli Career: Played for the junior national team of Lombardy in group exercises. Now he represents the club San Giorgio Desio'79. Italian champion in the team competition. Winner of the Italian Championship (2020) in the exercise with clubs. |
Rosa Abitova Country: Kazakhstan Year of birth: 2003 Coach: Lola Adilbekova Career: Engaged in the school of Aliya Yusupova. Asian Junior champion (2018), silver medalist of the Youth Olympic Games (2018) in a mixed multidisciplinary team. Participant of the World Championship (2019), silver medalist of the Kazakhstan Championship (2019) in the individual all-around. |
Natalia Usova Country: Uzbekistan Year of birth: 2008 Coach: Nasiba Khalikova Career: Winner of the Open Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament for the prize of Yana Batyrshina in her age category (2016), winner of the International Junior Tournament DuGymCup (2018), winner of the International Tournament among juniors in the framework of the "Grand Prix Moscow" Alina Cup (2021) in the ribbon exercise. |
Alexandra Kira-Bogatyreva Country: Australia Year of birth: 2002 Coaches: Ekaterina Logachova, Anastasia Mishenina Career: Was born in New Zealand, but then moved with her parents to Australia. Alexandra 's mother grew up on Ukraine. Kira is a multiple champion of Australia. Bronze medalist of the British Commonwealth Games (2018). Participant of the World Championship (2018, 2019, 2021). |
Anna Kamenshchikova Country: Belarus Year of birth: 2003 Coach: Marina Lobach, Irina Leparskaya Career: Born in Nakhodka, but then, on the advice of the coach, she moved with her family to Minsk. Medalist of the Junior European Championship (2018). Participant of the Youth Olympic Games (2018). The winner of the International Tournament for the prizes of Marina Lobach (2018). |
Ketevan Arbolishvili Country: Georgia Year of birth: 2004 Coach: Bella and Tamar Kobaladze Career: Participant of the European Championships (2018, 2019, 2021), participant of the Youth Olympic Games (2018), participant of the World Championships (2019, 2021). Champion of Georgia (2021) in the individual all-around. Winner of international tournaments. |
Gretel Mendoza Country: Cuba Year of birth: 2000 Coach: Neli Ochoa Borras Career: As a junior, she trained with a coach in Moscow. Participant of the Pan American Games (2019) and the World Cup (2019). Multiple champion of Cuba in the individual all-around. |
Pia Kovacic Country: Croatia Year of birth: 2007 Coaches: Elena and Anna Bosykh Career: Engaged in the club of artistic and aesthetic gymnastics "Galatea" in the Croatian city of Funtana under the guidance of Elena Bosykh, a well-known specialist from Krasnoyarsk. Pia is the winner of the Croatian Junior Championship (2021) in the skipping rope exercise. Following the results of this tournament, she was included in the national team. |
Marina Malpica Country: Mexico Year of birth: 2000 Coaches: Elisa Gisel, Carolina Rangel, Claudia Torres Cruz Career: Participant of the World Championships (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), Pan American Championship medalist (2017, 2018), Central American and Caribbean Games champion (2018). |
Lala Kramarenko Country: Russia Year of birth: 2004 Coaches: Irina Viner-Usmanova, Laysan Savitskaya, Irina Zenovka Career: Daughter and granddaughter of famous football goalkeepers — Dmitry and Sergey Kramarenko. Three-time world junior champion (2019), winner of the Grand Prix final (2021), European champion (2021) in the team. |
Source: Sport-Express.