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Training

During a lesson with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Polina Zavgorodnyaya from Moscow tried to perform a pirouette in back balance, and at the request of coach Irina Gusarova, showed a Raffaeli turn.


How did Polina Zavgorodnyaya's audition end in Novogorsk — in our new video

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In Novogorsk, the Olympic champion evaluated Polina Zavgorodnyaya, a gymnast from Moscow who dreams of training at our Academy.


The Olympic champion evaluates Polina Zavgorodnyaya, a gymnast from Moscow

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Alina Kabaeva, together with choreographer Irina Zenovka, helped Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg refine the details of her new hoop routine.



Here’s a look at the creative process with the Olympic champion!

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Academy Life

She, in turn, handed it to her mentor, Russia’s Honored Coach Veronika Shatkova.

The Academy team congratulated Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva on Teacher's Day

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Competitions

Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, and Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz will compete in Zagreb, alongside junior group gymnasts from the Academy and the Russian National team. 

Gymnasts of the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy will be competing in the international Aura Cup tournament.

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The Alina Festival

Rehearsals of the Alina festival with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva took place in Novogorsk.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva visited the Alina festival rehearsal

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Работа с олимпийской чемпионкой над новой программой Маши Борисовой из Санкт-Петербурга с обручем.

Работа над новой программой Маши Борисовой с обручем

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Thank you for your hard work and for your ability to spark interest, offer support, and provide the right advice at the right time. May your students delight you with their successes, and may you always find reasons to take pride in your work.

We congratulate all educators on Teacher's Day!

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The show will take place in Mumbai on October 29.

Rehearsals for the Alina festival are taking place in Novogorsk

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MA Academy

The organizers are the Russian Judo Federation with the support of the Russian Sports Fund as part of the Choice of the Strong project.

The 7th Judo Festival is currently taking place at the Martial Arts Academy

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The Olympic champion worked with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, Yana Zaikina and Alisa Shunina from Volgograd, and Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg.

A new training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva took place at the Academy

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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!

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The Olympic champion also received a gift from fans from Kursk who had traveled to the European Championships thanks to the Sky Grace International Association.

Olympic champion Oksana Chusovitina sent Alina Kabaeva a commemorative souvenir — a plate

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Alina Kabaeva

06.10.2026. During a training session in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva and choreographer Irina Zenovka helped Mariia Borisova refine her arm movements for the dance sequence in her new hoop routine.


"Your hands need to have character!"

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After the first run-through of St. Petersburg’s Mariia Borisova’s new hoop routine with the Olympic champion, the work on fine-tuning the details began.



Alina Kabaeva offers advice for Mariia Borisova on how to make the transition into the pivot, performed immediately after the catch, more seamless

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During a training session in Novogorsk, choreographer Irina Zenovka and coach Irina Gusarova presented Mariia Borisova’s new hoop routine to the Olympic champion.


"A burst of creativity"

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The Olympic champion greeted the participants and highlighted the gymnasts' artistry.

Alina Kabaeva attended a rehearsal for the Alina festival

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Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, along with her coach Irina Gusarova and choreographer Irina Zenovka, thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for her work on the new hoop routine.


"I don't actually draw myself. But I can add a touch here and there"

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06.10.2026. Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, along with her coach Irina Gusarova and choreographer Irina Zenovka, thanked Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva for her work on the new hoop routine.


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Ksyusha is a Russian National champion and a European Championship silver medalist. The gymnast is a member of the National team’s main roster and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She trains under Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, with Elena Egorova serving as her choreographer.


The continuation of Gatchina’s Ksyusha Savinova practicing a hoop risk with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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During a training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, along with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, Head coach of the Sirius Federal Territory team, helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina perfect a risk with a hoop.


"You need to step into the hoop right"

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The Academy wished the teachers of the free early development groups happy Teachers' Day.

Congratulations to the Academy teachers on Teacher's Day

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In this video, Alina Kabaeva explains to Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg how to perform chaines right without lifting the shoulders. 
Diana lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She trains under Alina and Irina Gusarova, with Ekaterina Belova as her choreographer. 


We continue breaking down the execution of a risk with the Olympic champion!

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The seamless flow of elements and rapid transitions between them demonstrate a gymnast's high level of proficiency and the complexity of the routine, however, flawless execution ultimately depends on fine technical details.

It was precisely these details that Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina focused on during a training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

"Take it to the next level!"

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Anastasia Dedeneva and Yulia Polyakova from Belgorod, along with Nadezhda Peshkova, Polina Ponomarenko, and Veronika Petunina from Bryansk, visited the Academy and shared their impressions of the training sessions, the gymnasts, and their meeting with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Watch our video to see what stood out most to the girls!

"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to come here"

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What were their impressions of the tournament, and who do they look up to? Find out in the video!

Polina Titova and Kira Vasilyeva from the Moscow Region competed in the national Young Gymnasts tournament under the Sky Grace International Association quota

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The Olympic champion offered tips on how to gauge the apparatus's flight path.

Alina Kabaeva, together with Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg, analyzes a risk element with clubs

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested a new transition for the routine.


The ongoing work on the dance track for Yana Zaikina’s new ball routine

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The Olympic champion focused on leg technique and demonstrated how to launch the hoop with accuracy and confidence.

Alina Kabaeva worked with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina on a hoop risk

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During an Academy training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd on the execution of the planche turn and the exit from the move.

"Find the strength to exit this element cleanly and gracefully"

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen region how to increase speed during a planche turn, using the mechanism of a spinning top as an example.

"Don't lose strength"

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Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the proper way to handle the clubs and asked the coaches to watch out for such errors so they wouldn't become ingrained habits.


The Olympic champion noticed that Diana Sobyanina was using the wrong technique for the windmill move

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Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the technique for a ball roll to Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and explained how to transition smoothly into a pirouette. She also suggested adding a movement that emphasizes the music.

Work on new routines with the Olympic champion continues at the Academy!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested increasing the number of jeté en tournant jumps in the routine by Alisa Shunina from Volgograd.


"Do three jumps while you're still little"

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And here is the continuation of how Alisa Shunina from Volgograd practiced her backward balance with the Olympic champion. Alina Kabaeva checked Alisa’s physical capabilities and explained why the balance should be learned through strong leg kicks.

"A powerful kick — and stand!"

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Alisa lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She is coached by Elizaveta Chernova. The choreographer is Elena Egorova.

The Olympic champion broke down the backward balance technique in detail with Alisa Shunina

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During one of the training sessions, Alina Kabaeva broke down a mistake made by Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg when entering a club throw. She drew attention to the unnecessary movements that were complicating the execution of the risk and demonstrated how to remove them.

We continue watching the Olympic champion working with the Academy gymnasts!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked on the musical accents in Ksenia Savinova’s hoop routine. Ksenia is from Gatchina.

"The arms are working well; the legs need to be timed to the beat"

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During a training session at the Academy, the Olympic champion helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina perfect a risky ribbon maneuver. Alina Kabaeva offered tips on how to execute a toss from the hands and speed up the rolls. And most importantly: not to hesitate once the movement has begun.

"You're already flying, open up the parachute!"

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During a training session at the Academy, Alina Kabaeva switched on the famous composition of How Young We Were performed by Alexander Gradsky for Yana Zaikina from Volgograd.

"See what the words are:  the most important thing is not to lose yourself"

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the gymnast from the Tyumen Region master the technique for leg swings using resistance bands and explained how to avoid common mistakes.

This is how Evelina Tandalova finetunes her physical conditioning!

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During a training session with Alisa Shunina from Volgograd, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked on turns, explained proper stretching techniques, and chatted with the gymnast about her family and studies.

"Alisa, do you miss your parents?"

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Alina Kabaeva showed the gymnast from Volgograd how to get through the hoop cleanly, and together with the Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and the Sirius Federal Territory team Head coach Olga Minigalina, she discussed a spectacular version of the steps before the pirouette.

A fragment of the work with the Olympic champion on the dance track in Yana Zaikina’s new program with a hoop

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After completing their performance tests, we also spoke with the preschoolers, born in 2020, from the free early development groups at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. Hear about their training, favorite exercises, and big dreams — all in our video.

An interview with Academy preschoolers after completing their performance tests

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An Olympic champion offered Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina some pointers on how to adjust the dynamics and hoop work in her new routine.

Have you ever noticed how a tiny detail can completely transform the visual effect of a movement?

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During a training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina on how to generate the necessary amplitude for the Raffaelli pivot. She also reminded her why it is important to execute a risk with a hoop with greater boldness and sharpness.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advises Ksenia Savinova on how to generate the necessary amplitude for the Raffaelli pivot

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The Olympic champion, together with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, the Sirius Federal Territory team Head coach, worked with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina on executing a high-risk move with the clubs.

"Just catch it and go straight into a rotation!"

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Souvenir plates were presented to Alina Kabaeva from the Oksana Chusovitina School in Tashkent and the Karting Sports School in Kursk.

Keepsakes for the Olympic champion!

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During a training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested adding variety to Gatchina’s Ksenia Savina’s routine finale with a clubs catch in one hand.

Video

How did Polina Zavgorodnyaya's audition end in Novogorsk — in our new video

The Olympic champion evaluates Polina Zavgorodnyaya, a gymnast from Moscow

Here’s a look at the creative process with the Olympic champion!