Alina Kabaeva helps Liya Rodionova with a risk in her hoop routine

The athlete trained in Novogorsk.

Watch how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva motivated her for these performances in the new video!

The stands at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest were filled with a special energy thanks to the fans. In this video, we've collected the most heartfelt testimonials and wishes from those who watched holding their breath every time they took to the floor.

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.

What have the athletes managed to see in Moscow? And what were they working on after the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup? Sofia Melnichuk, Ariana Keliotis, Ailun Suerkulova, Nazik Kuttubekova and Bella Kudaibergenova told us about that.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva found the right words to help the athlete from the Tyumen Region get into the right frame of mind right from her first event.

Showing genuine emotions!

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

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

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.

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.

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