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Alina Kabaeva

21.02.2026. The gymnast from the Novosibirsk region is preparing for the Russian Championships with coach Elizaveta Chernova and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Arina Kovshova works out a risk with clubs with the Olympic champion

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17.02.2026. The gymnast from the Novosibirsk region has some impressive ones, but to perform them well, you need to not only maintain the cleanliness of your movements but also have a good sense of timing.

Alina Kabaeva gives the athlete some tips on how to have a good sense of timing during dance tracks

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16.02.2026. With these words, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva motivated Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk region. The gymnast was working on her swing and dynamics in her hoop routine with Academy coach Elizaveta Chernova.

"You can move a house with energy!"

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Opinion

The specialist shared her impressions of the championships of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts.


Chief judge Alexandra Pashuta noted the bright participants of the championship in Elista

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Competitions

The competition will be held from February 27 to March 6.

The Academy gymnasts will compete in the Russian Championships

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Yana Zaikina, Ksenia Savinova and Karolina Pakhtusova will take part in the tournament from February 20 to 22.

The Academy's gymnasts arrived in Hungary for the Gracia Fair Cup competition

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The tour was organized by competition director Lyudmila Galchenko.

After the North Caucasus Federal District Championship, Alesya Naifonova and the Academy's coaches went on a tour of Elista

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Academy Life

The gymnast came to Sirius together with coach Natalia Shmakova.

Arina Tkachuk from the Krasnodar Region is preparing for the Russian Championships at the Academy

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva was in touch with specialists and athletes throughout the training session.


A control training session was held at the Academy on the eve of the upcoming starts

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MA Academy

Members of the Russian national team are currently continuing their preparations for the competition at the Academy.


Chefs prepared desserts for athletes in honor of the birthday of the Martial Arts Academy’s birthday

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The expert also shared her impressions of the Academy gymnasts' performances.


Head judge Natalia Kukushkina told how the refereeing changed after the introduction of the new rules

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Academy student Miroslava Monina won bronze for the Penza Region team at the tournament. 



Daria Isaeva spoke about the subtleties of judging at the Volga Federal District Championship

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The competition will be held under the auspices of World Gymnastics. 


Academy gymnasts Karolina Pakhtusova, Ksenia Savinova, and Yana Zaikina will compete as neutrals at the Gracia Fair Cup in Budapest

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16.02.2026. Afterward, she advised the girls and coaches on areas to focus on in their training.

Alina Kabaeva coaches the gymnasts before their performances at the Sirius Federal Territory Championship

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15.02.2026. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Irina Zenovka, the Alina Festival choreographer, helped the gymnast from St. Petersburg make the movement on the words "I am with you!" more expressive.

Alina Kabaeva and Irina Zenovka work with Mariia Borisova on the accent point in the ball exercise

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15.02.2026. Together with Evgeniya Kanaeva and Academy coach Alina Gusarova, she worked on this element with Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg.

Alina Kabaeva explains and shows what feeling should you have when approaching a Raffaeli turn

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14.02.2026. Straight arms are one of fundaments of the proper technique in the exercise. Control over the apparatus and the throw path depend on that.


Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva remind Eva Kononova of the importance of straight hands

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14.02.2026. Choreographer of the Alina Festival Irina Zenovka helped in her turn to polish the new element.

Alina Kabaeva offered a spectacular ending for the clubs routine of Mariia Borisova

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14.02.2026. Academy group exercise gymnasts worked on the expressiveness of movements at the workout with hoops and clubs under the guidance of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and coach Anna Ustsova.

"It will be better and better with every run-through"

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14.02.2026. Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva work on the ribbon exercise.

"Bracing up. Doing it better and better"

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12.02.2026. During one of her training sessions, Alina Kabaeva drew attention to the difficulties Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region was facing in a ribbon exercise. The Olympic champion demonstrated a variation of the stand-up and throw and offered tips on how to achieve a comfortable and stable execution.

The secret to back balance from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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12.02.2026. This is what the Olympic champion teaches gymnasts from the earliest age.

"Discipline must be in sports!"

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12.02.2026. The Olympic champion monitors the progress of the Academy preschoolers. Alina Kabaeva accordingly attended a choreography class with Ekaterina Belova, tested the young gymnasts' flexibility, and taught them how to learn to stand up from a bridge under adult supervision.

"You are the birds, the most beautiful birds!"

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12.02.2026. It was dedicated to accurately hitting the music, which makes the exercise spectacular and memorable.

The work of Alina Kabaeva and Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka with Mariia Borisova

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08.02.2026. In the video, they give advice to the athlete from St. Petersburg at one of the training sessions at the Academy.

Alina Kabaeva and coach Alina Gusarova are helping Mariia Borisova to polish her boomerangs in the ribbon exercise

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08.02.2026. The Olympic champion noted the achievements of the young gymnasts, and also gave them a small lesson in good behavior. She suggested to one of the preschoolers how to apologize to the coach.

Alina Kabaeva visited a training session of preschoolers from the group of Elizaveta Zorkina and Elizaveta Chernova

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08.02.2026. The gymnast from Moscow presented a new program with the hoop at the championship of the Southern Federal District and the Sirius Federal Territory.

Alina Kabaeva and coaches Irina and Alina Gusarova are supporting Yana Sakovich before and after performing the new hoop routine

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07.02.2026. During Eva Kononova's clubs routine, from the Tyumen region, Alina Kabaeva suggested a technique for entering a side pirouette, which would make the performance more comfortable and stable.

During training at the Academy, the Olympic champion helps not only the gymnasts but also the coaches

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07.02.2026. Alina Kabaeva came up with an interesting decoration in the form of a large snowflake in December, together with Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and coach Anna Utsova. 

Alina Kabaeva suggests to transform the program of group gymnasts with ribbons

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07.02.2026. The Olympic champion also took a look at the training session led by Alina Protasova and appreciated the skills of her trainees. 

Even more lovely moments from preschoolers' training sessions with the participation of Alina Kabaeva

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07.02.2026. The Olympic champion was happy about the success of the young gymnasts practicing under the guidance of Elizaveta Zorkina, and congratulated Luchiya Mamisheva on her birthday. And she also told the young athletes interesting facts from the encyclopedia, which she presented to Luchiya. 

We are going to the workout of the Academy preschoolers together with Alina Kabaeva

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07.02.2026. Alina Kabaeva followed the performances of Alexandra Borisova, supported her, offered encouraging words, and analyzed the mistakes together with coach Irina Gusarova.

The entire Academy glued to the screens during the Moscow Championship  — the coaches and gymnasts watched the live broadcast together with the Olympic champion

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06.02.2026. An unusual artistic solution from the Olympic champion for the dance steps of the gymnast from Moscow.

Alina Kabaeva is teaching Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow the movements of the sirtaki dance

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06.02.2026. The gymnasts from the Tyumen region use clubs to move like clocks.


Alina Kabaeva, along with choreographer Natalia Belugina and coach Evgenia Eliseeva, are adapting the gymnast's choreography to the rhythm of the music

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06.02.2026. During the workout, the Olympic champion noticed that Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region was missing an interesting accent in her ball routine. Alina Kabaeva along with coach Evgenia Eliseeva and choreographer Natalia Belugina suggested how to play it out. 


"You need to stand up as if an angel is entering you"

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06.02.2026. An episode of the training session of Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region with Alina Kabaeva, choreographer Natalia Belugina, and coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigaliina

"You must know the music"

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05.02.2026. Together with Alina Protasova, they advised the gymnast on how to lower the apparatus before throwing and how to control it during the risk.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked on the purity of the hoop exercise with Veronika Malinina from St. Petersburg

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05.02.2026. Our preschoolers and young athletes from the Martial Arts Academy immediately surrounded Alina Kabaeva to take photos and chat. She reminded the children about the benefits of sports and the role of confidence in achievements.

A surprise for the children — meeting with the Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva!

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04.02.2026. She also shared the story of how rhythmic gymnastics was included in the Olympic sports.

Alina Kabaeva is explaining to Sasha why it's important to constantly stretch and perform exercises to the fullest

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03.02.2026. The importance of motivation and the right mindset during training was the topic of a conversation between Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coaches Irina Gusarova and Olga Minigalina, and Alexandra Borisova from Moscow.

"Try, do, risk, run, overcome!"

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02.02.2026. Constant dynamic movements  are what make the exercise spectacular and attract the attention of spectators.

Alina Kabaeva suggests coach Anna Ustsova and the gymnasts add apparatus-based exercises

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02.02.2026. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded the Academy coaches and athletes of this. She asked for a detailed review of the exercises with a rhythm teacher and shared the secret to the synchronicity performed by the Alla Dukhova's TODES International Ballet dancers.

"Children need to know the music, not just do it automatically"

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02.02.2026. Sasha took all the comments into account and performed this element with the hoop with great confidence at the tournament.

Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova are helping Alexandra Borisova practice her attitude turn technique ahead of the Moscow Championships

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01.02.2026. One mistake in an exercise can lead to other inconsistencies, that is why it's important to maintain complete control throughout the entire program.

"One thing leads to another, that’s true for both good and bad"

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01.02.2026. A right throw is one of the key components of an effective risk. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva worked on this in the clubs routine with the gymnast from the Tyumen Region.

Alina Kabaeva and the Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva are working with Eva Kononova on the right throw in the clubs program

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01.02.2026. Even a slight change in movements can significantly enhance the visual effect and the purity of the exercise.

Alina Kabaeva and Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region are working on important details in the hoop routine

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01.02.2026. New Academy juniors are preparing their five-ribbon routine for the start of the season.

The Academy's group gymnasts’ training continues with the Olympic champion and coach Anna Ustsova

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01.02.2026. During a gymnast's session with coach Anna Ustsova, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested how to perform a spectacular and elegant throw to lift the baton from the floor.

"I want something original”

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01.02.2026. Together with Academy coaches Irina Gusarova and Olga Minigalina, Alina Kabaeva helped the gymnast from St. Petersburg practice her ribbon routine. The Olympic champion reminded that both in training and at competitions, a gymnast must not forget about emotions and artistry, but also remain focused.

Video Archive

Arina Kovshova works out a risk with clubs with the Olympic champion

Alina Kabaeva gives the athlete some tips on how to have a good sense of timing during dance tracks

"You can move a house with energy!"