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MA Academy

The closing ceremony was attended by Ilya Novokreshchenov, Deputy Head of the Sirius Federal Territory Administration and Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Development, Education, Culture, Youth Policy, and Sports; Kirill Denisov, Sports Director of the Russian Judo Federation; and 2012 Olympic Champion Mansur Isaev.

The V anniversary Judo Family festival at the Martial Arts Academy has come to an end

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Competitions

The support of the Olympic champion is very important for Academy gymnasts. It inspires them and helps to brace up before important competitions. This is how Alina Kabaeva set up Karolina Tarasova and group exercise gymnasts of the Academy before the departure to Azerbaijan to the CIS Games!

"The most important is to do smartly!"

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Association Geography

Valeria Berezovskaya, the Director of the Perspektiva Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, spoke about achievements of her students.

Association Geography. Perspektiva Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, Tyumen

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Opinion

The gymnast will perform as part of the team of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Sabrina Zaribboeva from Uzbekistan shares her expectations from the III CIS Games

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The athlete will compete as part of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Gymnast Margarita Zhurovich from Belarus shares her expectations for the upcoming competitions in Azerbaijan

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She will soon compete at the III CIS Games as part of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Ksenia Perepelitsa from Belarus tells what goals she sets for herself on the eve of the III CIS Games

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The team will include Moldir Kuttybekova, Farangiz Mansurova, Makhsuma Davronova, Ominakhon Solieva, Kamola Yusupova, and Samira Yuldasheva.

The group gymnasts from Uzbekistan tell about the goals for the III CIS Games

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The International Association provides another platform for the development of the sport, giving gymnasts an additional opportunity to compete and showcase their abilities. This is an important step for the development of rhythmic gymnastics worldwide.

Gratitude to the organizers of the III CIS Games for supporting the Sky Grace International Association team's participation in the competition

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Academy Life

Through your dedication, patience, and ability to impart knowledge, you make an invaluable contribution to the education of the younger generation.

Happy Teacher's Day!

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The tournament will be held in Azerbaijan from October 6 to October 8.

Nine countries will participate in rhythmic gymnastics competitions as part of the III CIS Games

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The competition will be held from October 10 to October 13 in Tokyo.

The Sky Grace International Association athletes will compete in a neutral team status at the AEON Cup 2025 World Club Championships

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The master class was held as part of the Judo Family festival.

Timur Arbuzov led a training session at the Martial Arts Academy

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At the Academy, the specialist, together with coach Elizaveta Chernova, is preparing Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow for the upcoming competition.

Choreographer Natalia Belugina tells what the focus is when choreographing programs according to FIG rules

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Which master classes and activities were the most memorable for the children? Sergey Vyatkin, Luka Gavrilov, Nikita Bykov, Vyacheslav Cherepanov, Artemy Aseev, and Ivan Ondrin share their thoughts.

Participants of all ages share their impressions of the Judo Family festival

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Workouts

During the control training session, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina had problems with catching the hoop and with the jumping technique. This was noted by Academy coaches Alina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Laura Acosta from Mexico, and Alina Kabaeva suggested how to correct these shortcomings. 


Working on a risk and jumping technique with an Olympic champion

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The coach from Mexico and Evgenia Eliseeva helped Karolina Tarasova to correct her mistakes in the ribbon routine on the verge of the event in Azerbaijan. You will learn from our video, what pieces of advice they gave to her!


Laura Acosta proactively participates in preparations of our gymnasts for the CIS Games

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This is how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Academy group exercise gymnasts to work during the assessment training session on the verge of the CIS Games.

The gymnasts also got comments from judges Alina Gusarova and Ekaterina Lots during the training session. The professionals explained to the athletes what the value of their mistakes is and how they can be corrected.


"As a team, as a single mechanism"

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What notes did the Academy specialists give her? And how did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva help her practice her elements? Find out in our new video!

Karolina Tarasova with a hoop at a control training session

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The 2025 World Championship winner, 2024 European and 2022 Russian champion, and international master of sports in judo, Matvei Kanikovsky, held a master class as part of a festival at the Martial Arts Academy. We decided to record not just an interview with him, but a quick video. 

"Our most difficult opponent is laziness"

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At the tournament in Kazan, the participants performed in front of spectators for almost 24 hours — 23 hours. The Sky Grace International Association represented 11 teams in group exercises and 20 individual gymnasts from different Russian regions. The Academy gymnasts brought home 12 medals, eight of which were gold!

What was the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest like?

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Ask a psychologist

Finding out the causes of lack of the desire together with Irina Kozyr in a new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column. The professional also shares her recommendations on how the parents can drive training motivation of children.


Ask a Psychologist: what to do if your child does not want to go to training?

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Take a look at how young athletes made 3D cards about their favorite sport!

At the Judo Family festival, children enjoyed not only sports activities but also arts and crafts

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During an Academy control training session, the Olympic champion and coaches Irina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Ekaterina Lots helped Mariia Borisova perform a side pirouette for a higher score. Masha managed to heed all the criticism and perform a high-quality side pirouette at the competition.

Alina Kabaeva shared some advice with Mariia Borisova on how to retain all successfully executed elements in her memory.

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The highlights of the competition are on your screen. Russian Ambassador Ilyas Iskandarov, President of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of the Congo Claudine Noël Miacassissa, the representatives of the Ministry of Sport, and the Brazzaville mayor's office were in the stands at the event. It was the prerogative of the Congolese side to hold the tournament. 

The second national gymnastics tournament named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva took place in the Republic of the Congo!

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Choreographer Natalia Belugina worked with the gymnast on it. Her student Asel Arapova from Kyrgyzstan and Academy coach Elizaveta Chernova also helped her develop the details of the routine.



What will Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow's new clubs routine look like?

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, we spoke with Armenian champion Silva Sargsyan about what’s in her suitcase. Take a look at what she always carries with her, from apparatus to a lucky charm!


What a gymnast takes with her when she travels to a major tournament?

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Students from the Kazan Privolzhanka Olympic Reserve Athletic School were able to ask the tournament participants a wide range of questions.


Direct line for young gymnasts with their icons at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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The Izvestia TV channel is covering the second national gymnastics tournament in the Republic of Congo, named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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In group exercises, success depends on each gymnast. At the control training session during her clubs routine, Polina Zakharova's jeté en tournant was flawed. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noticed it and helped her refine it.


Let's take a look back at the preparations for the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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In the stands, we spoke with Anastasia Savchuk, Irina Pervukhina, Ariella Garayeva, Alika Shchedina, Agata Balandina, Alexander Taran, Evgenia Trunova, and Elvira Vagizova. They shared their thoughts on the Kazan tournament and named their favorite gymnasts.



It's time to hear about the impressions of the audience from the the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Support and the right words at the right moment were crucial to their victory, and the gymnasts won gold in five-hoop routine.

"You are one great team, we believe in you!"

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After the second day of the tournament in Kazan, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and the Academy group gymnasts received instructions from the Russian national team Head coach Tatyana Sergaeva.

"You control yourself!"

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Alina Kabaeva coached the Academy's group gymnasts via video call and gave some important advice to Nikole Andronchik, Alina Proshchalykina, Anna Gryaznova, Polina Zakharova, Kira Pryn, and Nelly Reutskaya, as well as their coach, Anna Ustsova.

The Olympic champion knows that making the right adjustments during a tournament brings results

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This continues the Olympic champion's conversation with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina about how apparatus quality can influence element performance.

What does it mean to have a feel for an apparatus?

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Bronze medalist Daria Verenich, silver medalist Vladislava Sharonova, and champion Mariia Borisova.

Highlights from the clubs routines of the senior all-around medalists at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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During a control training session before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina held the ball wrong, which would have resulted in deductions at the tournament. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pointed this out and helped Ksenia practice catching the ball with her feet.





A fragment of Ksenia Savinova's control training with a ball

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva shared it with Ksenia Savinova of Gatchina while working on the clubs routine before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. Coaches Evgenia Eliseeva, Olesya Kovaleva, and Ekaterina Lots also helped to add an accent to the transition.

The secret to a great jump

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest we filmed Academy coaches Irina Gusarova and Evgeniya Eliseeva leading Karolina Pakhtusova and Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Alexandra Borisova from Moscow into their performances.

So much depends on the attitude ahead of going out on the floor

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Irina and Alina Gusarov, Ekaterina Lots, Olga Frolova, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Olga Minigalina worked on the details of St.Petersburg gymnast Mariia Borisova's clubs routine. During a control training session, they helped the athlete improve her pirouette and fouetté.



It's important for a gymnast to know what the value of individual elements consists of and how to improve them

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Anna Ustsova, Olga Frolova, and Alina Gusarova discussed all the details during a control training session for the Academy's group gymnasts before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

How to perform a fouetté in a group exercise without losing points?

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Karolina Tarasova won bronze, Ksenia Savinova won silver, and Sofia Ilteriakova won gold.


Excerpts from the performances of the Top-3 gymnasts in the junior all-around competition at the the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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After the awards ceremony at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest Alina Kabaeva offered warm words of encouragement to the Academy group gymnasts and the junior all-around medalists, Sofia Ilteryakova, Ksenia Savinova, and Karolina Tarasova.


Touching congratulations from the Olympic champion

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Academy group gymnasts training was held at the Academy with sports psychologist Evgeniya Kuzminova before the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. 

She advised the gymnasts on proper arm movement to enhance their routines. 

"There has to be total control!"

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This video was made before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, featuring Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Mariшa Borisova from St. Petersburg, coach Irina Gusarova, and other Academy staff. It's about the importance of continuing to work even past tiredness.

"That could happen, but it works"

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We're watching excerpts from routines by juniors from the Vladimir, Volgograd, and Novosibirsk Regions, the Sirius Federal Territory and the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as seniors from the Sirius Federal Territory, the Volgograd, Belgorod, and Ryazan Regions, and the Krasnoyarsk Region.

These athletes didn't qualify for the tournament based on the results of the Russian Championships and Junior Championships, but Sky Grace gave them the opportunity to participate and compete for a spot in the finals.

The all-around performances by the Sky Grace International Association group gymnasts

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We continue sharing excerpts from Karolina Tarasova's ball training under the guidance of Olympic champion and coaches Ekaterina Lots and Evgeniya Eliseeva. We filmed the video before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

This time, Alina Kabaeva showed the Academy student how to properly execute a helicopter catch and explained how to cleanly twist a planche.

"This is how you need to work, and you'll see the results!"

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During a control training session before tthe third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, to add a split jump, which is worth 0.7 points, to their program.

The gymnast demonstrated this expensive and impressive element at the competition.

The result is a silver medal in the tournament

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Silver medalist and future journalist Alisa Eremeeva, representing the team from St. Petersburg, tried her hand at reporting.

An interview with the winners of the senior all-around competition—the Belarusian team's group gymnasts

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Sirius group gymnasts Anna Alekseeva, Sofia Patyukova, Viktoria Pochtarkina, Arina Wagner, and Sofia Zoricheva talked about their preparation and progress, and also thanked the Sky Grace International Association for the opportunity to compete in the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Video

The V anniversary Judo Family festival at the Martial Arts Academy has come to an end

"The most important is to do smartly!"

Association Geography. Perspektiva Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, Tyumen