"If I now see that you’re not ready at a control training session, then you won't go"
04.05.2026. Preparing for the European Cup in Baku was a serious test for Russian champion Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region.
A whole team worked to ensure the gymnast 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.
At the competition, Arina won the gold medal in the ball routine, placed second with the hoop, and advanced from sixth place to the cross-country battles.
The gymnast is a member of the National team's main roster and lives, studies and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. In Baku, she she performed in neutral status.
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