Yana Zaikina and Ksenia Savinova won gold and silver medals in the all‑around competition among junior athletes at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina won gold and silver medals in the junior all-around event at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

The gymnasts are coached by Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, and Ekaterina Belova is the choreographer.

Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz, another gymnast from the Academy, delivered the third-best result; however, under the tournament rules, no more than two athletes from the same country can stand on the podium, so the bronze medal was awarded to Anel Dinisheva from Kazakhstan. Alesya is coached by Alina and Irina Gusarova, with Ekaterina Belova as the choreographer.

Ksyusha is a Russian Junior National Champion and a European Championships silver medalist. Yana is a European Champion and a Russian Junior National Championships silver medalist. Both are members of the primary national team roster, live and train at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.