Gymnasts from the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy visited the Nesvizh Castle in Minsk Region.The castle is a palace&nbsp; that was built at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries for the Prince of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Nikolai Christopher Radziwill the Orphan.The excursion for the athletes was organized by the&nbsp; Republic of Belarus National Olympic Committee.The Academy gymnasts came to Belarus to take part in the sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories". It took place on December 7.

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Academy Life

The tour was organized by the  Republic of Belarus National Olympic Committee

Academy gymnasts visit Nesvizh Castle in Minsk Region

The gymnasts of the International Association of Clubs "Heavenly Grace" will take part in the Winter Fairytale tournament in Azerbaijan.The international competitions according to FIG rules will be held on December 14 and 15 in Baku.Sky Grace will be represented by Anna Vakulenko and Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Veronika Malinina and Veronika Solomatina from St. Petersburg, Sofia Smirnova from the Moscow Region, Miroslava Monina from Penza, Malika Timurshina from Kazan and Polina Semenova from Ryazan.Gymnasts from clubs in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Egypt, the UAE and South Korea will also perform at the Winter Fairytale.The International Sky Grace Rhythmic Clubs Association covers all expenses for the flights, accommodation, food and participation of the team's gymnasts. All athletes live, train and study at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

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Competitions

The international competitions will be held on December 14 and 15 in Baku.

The International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association's gymnasts will take part in the international tournament in Azerbaijan

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Due to the emerging cases of mailings sent on behalf of the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation representatives, we’d like to state that the foundation does not send letters and does not practice any fundraising.

Important information!

<blockquote>"The sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories" took place in Minsk. The event turned out to be very large-scale and incredibly beautiful!&nbsp;I would like to congratulate everyone who became part of it. All the organizers who put in the effort and energy to bring together so many talented athletes and artists at one site! You were able to organize a world-class show!&nbsp;And it is very nice to hear that it was the Alina children's rhythmic gymnastics charity festival that gave the idea for this celebration. It is very joyful that our work finds a response like this. And it is great that the gymnasts of our Academy performed in Minsk!&nbsp;I am sure that all the audience immensely enjoyed the performances and the atmosphere at the Minsk Arena! Thank you very much!"</blockquote>

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Alina Kabaeva

The Olympic champion thanked the organizers of the sports and entertainment show "Time of our Victories", which was held in Minsk.

Congratulations and expression of gratitude to the organizers of the sports and entertainment show "Time of our Victories" from Alina Kabaeva

<blockquote>"Dear friends!&nbsp;It is a great joy for me to hold competitions for the Association partners for the first time. The tournament brought together more than 700 athletes in Sirius, from all over Russia and from abroad: Armenia, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia!&nbsp;I want to express my gratitude to all the gymnasts, coaches and choreographers! You did a great job preparing the programs according to the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association rules and gave the audience the opportunity to enjoy your performances! Thank you to the judges for your impartiality!&nbsp;It’s great that the tournament ended with a festival of showcase performances dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was evident how much effort all the participants had put into it. How touching were the performances you presented!&nbsp;Together we were able to put together a real, big celebration. This is very important for the development of our favorite sport - rhythmic gymnastics!&nbsp;Until we meet again!"</blockquote>

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked all the teams, all the judges, coaches and gymnasts who took part in the tournament for the partners of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association.

Alina Kabaeva thanked everyone who took part in the tournament for the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association partners

The leader of the Belarusian team and bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics Alina Harnasko shared how she prepared for the sports and entertainment show "Time of our victories."<blockquote>"I’m very happy today that I caught this time, and such a long-awaited project, and an evening dedicated mainly to rhythmic gymnastics, and I take part in it and not even in one performance, but a large portion of performances.&nbsp; I was worried. But when I went out for the final one, when we were already standing as Polina Gagarina sang her beautiful song, and I was able to see the scale, and that people were happy, they got up from their seats and turned on their flashlights. We managed to do it. I am very, very happy,"&nbsp; Alina said.&nbsp;</blockquote>The athlete shared why she was nervous ahead of the performance.<blockquote>"I will say honestly that I was very nervous. Because I did not have a single live rehearsal with Polina. She arrived specifically for the concert, so to speak, from the ship to the ball. And the performance lasted two and half minutes — it was quite difficult. But, I think that we managed to convey the story in its entirety, to convey all the emotions of this song. I had a lot of solo performances, I already have a good batch of performances behind me in my career. And I see so many people who support us, and, probably, this is my main big victory in gymnastics, and not just to become famous, but in general to live a very beautiful life in gymnastics," she said.</blockquote>The sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories" took place on December 7 in Minsk. Alina Harnasko began rehearsals immediately after returning from the international Sky Grace Cup tournament, which was held in Qatar.

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Opinion

The leader of the Belarusian team and bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics shared her impressions after performing at the sports and entertainment show in Minsk.

"This is my main victory in gymnastics." Alina Harnasko on the support of the audience at the sports and entertainment show "Time of our victories"

Artistic director of the directing and production group of the sports and entertainment show "Time of our victories" Elena Lobach shared what was special about the past concert and pointed out that this was her first experience of working with athletes.<blockquote>"We looked at the performances, and we put together a show, put it together into what you saw today. It was an experiment for us, we had never done this before. A large team worked on this show. But we are used to working with artists, this was the first time we worked with athletes. Athletes have their own laws, their own rules that cannot be ignored. Thanks to interaction, thanks to such a common interest, everything probably turned out that way,"&nbsp; Elena said.</blockquote>She also shared her thoughts about the Quadrille performance by the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy gymnasts.<blockquote>"And the Quadrille performance was, as you saw, one of the colorful performances; of this show, very fiery. And Russian athletes, Russian gymnasts — these are the gymnasts who we should look up to. So, this is not something that dressed up our performance, but strengthened it," she said.</blockquote>The sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories" with the participation of the Academy’s athletes took place on December 7 at the Minsk Arena.

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Elena highlighted the main features of the show in Minsk and assessed the Quadrille performed by the gymnasts of the Academy.

"Russian gymnasts have strengthened our show!" Artistic director Elena Lobach talks about the sports and entertainment show "Time of our victories"

The Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy gymnasts performed at the sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories" in Minsk.The Academy students presented the Quadrille. Its director is the Alina festival choreographer Irina Zenovka.The concert took place on December 7 at the Minsk Arena in the capital of Belarus.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The concert with the participation of athletes took place on December 7 at the Minsk Arena.

Academy gymnasts performed at the sports and entertainment show "Time of Our Victories" in Minsk

After the tournament for the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association partners,&nbsp;Alina Kabaeva watched the gymnast from Kazan, Malika Timurshina. The athlete successfully completed the exercises and stayed to train at the Academy.Malika began preparing for the tournament, which will be held on December 14 and 15 in Baku. She shared her emotions about the onset of this important stage in her career.<blockquote>"She noticed me, recognized me, I don't know how, there were probably a thousand people there sending these videos. She recognized me somehow, said: "Is this how you train? Then stay here, train." And we stayed. Alina Kabaeva had already left. I'm standing there and thinking: maybe I'm in a dream, maybe I'm sleeping. It all started spinning, spinning, and now I'm at Sky Grace," the gymnast said.</blockquote>

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The gymnast from Kazan successfully passed the selection process and began preparing for the tournament in Baku.

"Maybe I'm dreaming, maybe I'm sleeping." Malika Timurshina talks about training at the Academy

Academy student Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd shared with us details of preparing new exercises.<blockquote>"We are creating an exercise with a ribbon. We have already created a new one and now we will create an exercise with a ball. According to FIG rules, new ones. They are much easier than Sky Grace rules but now we are preparing according to the Master of Sports program, so it’s more difficult. There are a lot more elements, skills and risks. I will have new music, a new program, and a completely different style in the ribbon. I will be completely different there."</blockquote>The gymnast also told us about specificities of working with Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgenia Kanaeva.<blockquote>"It is very easy for me to work with her, because she explains in a lot of detail, shows it herself and, if something is inconvenient, she corrects or offers new options.&nbsp; I really like that Alina Kabaeva asked her to make up two exercises for me. We showed her a piece of what we had put together, new tricks in the exercises. She really liked it, and she also helped to clear something up there too."</blockquote>

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Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgenia Kanaeva helped the athlete from Volgograd in preparing new exercises.

"It will be a completely different style!" Anna Vakulenko talks about working with Olympic champions on new exercises

Jamilat Omarova is the senior coach of the rhythmic gymnastics team of the Republic of Dagestan.&nbsp;The specialist told us why Sky Grace rules are interesting for her and also shared her expectations from competitions of the International Clubs Association.&nbsp;<blockquote>"I am always attracted to development, and the Sky Grace rules are something new and interesting. From working at the Association tournaments, I expect honest and fair judging, as well as colorful performances by the gymnasts."</blockquote>

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Our judges

The professional from the Republic of Dagestan is the next character in the Our Judges section.