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The silver medalists, the Moscow-based All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society (VFSO) Labor Reserves team, spoke about their preparation plans and their emotions about the result. The gymnasts from Omsk Region, who won bronze in the all-around and silver in the five-ribbon routine, noted the high level of competition and shared their impressions of the other participants' performances.

Let's take a look behind the scenes at the tournament and see how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva helped the gymnast prepare for her performance.

A technically perfect routine is only half the battle; the other half is managing your pre-performance jitters. This is exactly what Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova discussed with St. Petersburg’s Mariia Borisova at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Featuring how the group exercise gymnasts from St. Petersburg and the President of the St. Petersburg Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, Tatiana Kolesnikova congratulated Alina Kabaeva on her birthday.