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Competitions

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.

At the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd placed among the Top-10 seniors in the all-around

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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.

"Don't doubt yourself"

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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.

More warm meetings of the Olympic champion with the gymnasts and coaches at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest!

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Academy Life

The Olympic champion attended the testing of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

The Academy team gave Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva flowers in honor of her recent birthday

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Opinion

Volgograd coach Viktoria Borodina shared her impressions of working with the Academy's senior team and assessed their level.

"It's immediately obvious that they're a team." Viktoria Borodina talks about working with the Academy's senior group gymnasts

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Alina Kabaeva

"I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for their attention and sincere birthday wishes."

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked everyone for their birthday wishes

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The Olympic champion presented the athletes with a cake.

The Academy celebrated Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva's birthday

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The second stage of the Cup of the Strongest will be held in the capital from May 14 to May 16.

The Academy gymnasts went to Moscow for the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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The second stage will be held from May 14th to 16th in Moscow.


Academy gymnasts will take part in the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Alina Kabaeva is a 2004 Athens Olympic champion and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and an Honored Master of Sports.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva celebrates her birthday on May 12

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The students read poems about the courage and heroism of our people excerpts from letters from the front, and honored the heroes with a moment of silence.

Academy gymnasts took part in an event dedicated to the Great Patriotic War

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We visited Lydia Fedotovna, the spouse of a frontline serviceman who died heroically on the Elbe. We also visited the frontline serviceman’s wife. Maria Polikarpovna, who turned 98 this year.

The Academy congratulated veterans on the eve of Victory Day

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Olympic champion and President of the Sky Grace International Association Alina Kabaeva congratulates everyone on Victory Day.

Victory Day greetings from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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The Academy team congratulates Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva on her birthday during the podium training at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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The result at the tournament in Moscow is in our video. The Russian junior national team topped the list in the all-around!

Victoria Borodina, along with Academy coach Daria Pirogova, design dynamic movements for the group team routine with five balls

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva set the athletes up before going out to the floor.

Episodes of performances of our juniors on the first day of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the Academy gymnasts prepare for their coming out to the competition floor and offered tips on what to focus on.

Footage from floor testing at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva addressed this parting word to the Academy juniors, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, before the start of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

"When you will go out, whether you're scared or not, imagine that it's the European Championship"

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Gymnasts from the Zhemchuzhina Gymnastics Center also recorded a video to congratulate Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Congratulations for the Olympic champion from gymnasts from the Zhemchuzhina Gymnastics Center

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She presented the gymnasts with a cake. And the girls blew out the candles!

The Academy congratulated Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva on her birthday

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Chelyabinsk gymnasts recorded a video greeting for Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva's birthday

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Take a look at the video from both experts and athletes.

The Academy team congratulated Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva on her birthday!

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Workouts

Take a look at how the little gymnasts did.

The Academy held a qualifying test for young students born in 2018-2020

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Alexandra Borisova and Yana Sakovich from Moscow, Miroslava Monina from Penza, and Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz spoke about the cities' contributions to the Victory and how the memory of the heroic past is preserved today.

In honor of May 9, we continue to remember the important events of the Great Patriotic War together with the Academy gymnasts

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Diana Kotlovskaya and Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg, Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen Region, Varvara Toporova from the Republic of Kalmykia, and Alisa Shunina and Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd spoke about how different cities of the Soviet Union experienced those terrible years.

For Victory Day, the Academy's gymnasts recalled the history of the Great Patriotic War

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On the morning of May 9, the Academy gymnasts watched the broadcast of the parade on Red Square, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Take a look at how the athletes watched the Victory Parade together

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The lyrics and music were written by Elena Plotnikova.

The Academy's preschoolers performed the "About That Spring" song for May 9th!

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Watch a video of a lesson about the decisive operations that made the Soviet Union's victory possible.

Academy gymnasts continue to learn about the Great Patriotic War in classes led by their supervisors

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Kira Egorova, Arina Kachagina, Vladislava Araksina, Sofia Fedorova, Elena Baranova, and Sofia Khablo shared their thoughts and emotions about their victory.

The junior group gymnasts from the Ulyanovsk Region evaluate their performance at the All-Russian Formula of Victory competition

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MA Academy

The judokas met on the tatami with athletes from the Sirius Federal Territory Multidisciplinary Gymnasium and Abkhazia.

Coach Evgeny Ivanov and his students talk about their participation in an open training session at Sirius Arena

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The athletes participated there in a swimming race, one of the festival stages.

We checked the Academy of Martial Arts where the ASSK Fest All-Russian Festival of Student Sport Clubs is underway!

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Tournament director told about the tournament, how many gymnasts are participating, and the quota for the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest. She thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for the opportunity to host the competition at the Academy.

Why is the All-Russian Formula of Victory competition a chance for gymnasts from the regions to prove themselves? Victoria Vlasova talks about it

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She thanked the coaches, organizers, and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for their contribution to the development of rhythmic gymnastics in our country.

Speech by Elena Shmeleva, Chairman of the Council of the Sirius Federal Territory, during the opening ceremony of the All-Russian Formula of Victory competition

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We’re sharing a video of one of the lessons, during which students learned about the key events that changed the course of the war.

In the lead-up to Victory Day, the Academy is holding a series of lessons dedicated to the Great Patriotic War

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Before the European Cup, Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region, along with Olympic champion Elizaveta Chernova and Olga Minigalina, and Russian National team choreographer Kirill Barkan, worked on increasing the difficulty of her routine and improving its consistency.

During the training session, Alina Kabaeva reminded the gymnast why it's important not to rest on her laurels, to gradually increase the difficulty, and to continue improving from competition to competition.

At the tournament in Baku, Arina took first place in the ball final!

The gymnast is a member of the National team main roster and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

"We need to move forward!"

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Why is discipline the foundation that will help you feel confident on the mat and gradually improve from performance to performance?

Ahead of the European Cup, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva told Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region about this during a hoop training session. The gymnast won silver in the hoop event in the final at the tournament in Baku.

Arina is a member of the National team's main roster and at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

"What is training for? To get better and better every day"

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The champions' coach, Anna Ustsova, also assessed the cross country battle format and discussed their preparation for the tournament.

In an interview, the Russian team shared their impressions of the European Cup, discussing the support from the stands for Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and the team's newest member, Dasha Melnik

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Gymnasts returned from Baku after performances at the European Cup. Athletes together with Mariia Borisova won 10 medals, seven of which were gold.

Flowers, sincere smiles and applause — this is how the Academy greeted gymnasts of the Russian national team

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A whole team worked to ensure the gymnast from the Novosibirsk Region was in top form for the tournament. We watch a clip from one of the classes and a control training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coaches Irina Gusarova, Elizaveta Chernova, Elizaveta Zorkina, and Olga Minigalina, and Russian team choreographer Kirill Barkan.

Preparing for the European Cup was a serious test for Russian champion Arina Kovshova

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The gymnasts finished third in the cross-country battles. The active Russian champions also took first place in the three-hoops-two-pairs-of-clubs routine. Their coach is Anna Ustsova, and their choreographer is Elena Egorova. Russia’s Honored coach Inna Bystrova also worked with the athletes at the Baku training camp.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva congratulated the Russian team on their bronze medal in the group exercises at the European Cup

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At the tournament in Baku, we had the opportunity to talk to the spectators and find out who they came to support and why they root for these gymnasts. Among the favorites were Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, the World Cup champion in Tashkent, and Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region, the Russian champion!

Interview with fans at the European Cup

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After the awards ceremony at the European Cup, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and the Russian team in group exercises thanked Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gaibov for his assistance in organizing our team's training camp ahead of the tournament.

"This is also your contribution to our gold medal"

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Russian Champion Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region and Tashkent World Cup champion Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg competed in the cross country battles at the European Cup.

Performances of our seniors in cross-battles and support from the stands

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With competitions following one after another, there's little time left to prepare between events. The Olympic champion, who always stays in touch, helps our gymnasts prioritize and adjust their programs promptly.

Ksenia Savinova's training program with a ribbon before the first stage of the "Cup of the Strongest" and the European Cup

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At a test training session before the European Cup, Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg gave a clear answer to this question. At the tournament, Masha became the champion in this event.

To run or not to run for the apparatus when something goes wrong?

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Take a look at how our champions were greeted and sent off.

At the European Cup cross country battles, Russian Championship champion Ksenia Savinova and silver medalist Yana Zaikina captivated the crowd

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We're summing up the performances of the silver and bronze medalists in the all-around at the interregional Dynamo for the Children of Russia tournament,  for gymnasts born in 2011-2012, Candidate Master of Sports program.

Interview with Lyudmila Shibaeva from Barnaul and Anna Ulyanova from Omsk

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During a training session ahead of the European Cup, Alina Kabaeva noticed a wrong technique for a roll and Raffaeli pirouette in the ball routine by Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina.

Training session of Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina with the Olympic champion before the European Cup

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The Olympic champion is in the stands at the European Cup! Take a look at how Alina Kabaeva was welcomed at the National Gymnastics Arena.

"Welcome to Baku!"

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva regularly works with the Academy gymnasts. Take a look at how she helped Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region prepare for the European Cup, where the gymnast won a silver medal with the hoop.

Video

At the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd placed among the Top-10 seniors in the all-around

"Don't doubt yourself"

More warm meetings of the Olympic champion with the gymnasts and coaches at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest!