Training session of Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva before the European Cup
03.05.2026. 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.
The Olympic champion, along with Academy specialists Elizaveta Chernova and Olesya Kovaleva, helped the gymnast practice the element to avoid losing points at tournaments. At the European Cup, Ksenia won gold in the ball final!
Russian Junior Championship champion Ksenia Savinova also won the hoop final and the junior cross battle, along with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd.
Ksenia is a member of the Russian National team and lives and lives, studies and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. In Baku, she competed in the tournament under neutral status.
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