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Alina Kabaeva

22.01.2026. In the video, the Olympic champion and the athlete's coach offered unusual ideas.

Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova are working on a rollover with Maria Borisova from St. Petersburg

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21.01.2026. The process of practicing during a training session in Novogorsk.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advises Alexandra Borisova and coach Irina Gusarova to add a club throw

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21.01.2026. While practicing Alexandra Borisova of Moscow's new hoop routine, the Olympic champion noticed that the transition between elements wasn't quite as effective.

"You should understand that it's very beautiful, and enjoy it"

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Way to success

We learned more about her story at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025.

Exclusive interview with Lori Fung, the first-ever Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics

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Academy Life

We invite gymnasts born in 2012 to join the junior team, and gymnasts born in 2010 and older to join the senior team.



Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy is recruiting for its group exercises teams

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Having won gold medals in the individual all-around at the Olympic Games in Beijing and London, Evgenia Kanaeva became a legend of Russian sports and an example for generations of young gymnasts around the world. 


Exclusive interview with Evgenia Kanaeva, the two-time Olympic champion

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Opinion

The new Academy coach spoke about the importance of working on specific muscle groups and the need for such training.

"Our goal is to make the body functional and stable." Ivan Goncharenko, the Academy specialist, talks about the new class format

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Workouts

The athletes came to prepare for the first competitions of this season.

A training session of the Academy gymnasts took place in Novogorsk

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The athlete is currently at the Academy on probation and is practicing with coach Elizaveta Chernova.

Alisa Shunina from Volgograd told about the selection at the Academy

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The program comprised dance routines inspired by the culture of the peoples of the world.


Academy gymnasts visited the concert of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseyev

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Competitions

Malika Timurshina and Elina Khabirova will perform in their home city of Kazan from January 21 to 23. 

Academy gymnasts will take part in the championship of the Republic of Tatarstan

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After the New Year holidays, the preschool gymnasts returned to training and developing lessons.

The Academy's youngest gymnasts started training

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Alexandra Timoshenko competed in the 1988 Olympic Games and finished third, and won Olympic gold in 1992. At the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025, we asked her to talk about her path in sports and share her key thoughts on doubts, motivation, and responsibility.


Exclusive interview with Alexandra Timoshenko, 1992 Olympic champion

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21.01.2026. And coach Irina Gusarova suggested how to make a smooth transition from the risk to the helicopter.

When working with Mariia Borisova, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed the athlete how to safely perform a spin on the floor

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21.01.2026. Eliminating unnecessary movements before a pirouette: Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva explained the preparation technique to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Evgeniya Eliseeva explain the preparation technique to Eva Kononova

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21.01.2026. In the class with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coach Irina Gusarova, and Sasha Borisova from Moscow, the focus was on details: knee height, back muscle work during balance, and overall expressiveness.

Multi-rotational turn in attitude is the topic of the next video

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21.01.2026. During a training session in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva noticed that Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina was missing the accent.

Perfecting the clubs routine with Alina Kabaeva

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21.01.2026. During one of her training sessions at the Academy, the Olympic champion came up with an original finale to a clubs routine for Yana Zaikina from Volgograd. And during a joint training session in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva helped the athlete perfect it.

Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva helped Yana Zaikina to practice the ending of the exercise.

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21.01.2026. What move did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggest Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg enhance to better convey her image in the ball routine? We'll show you.

"Imagine you're working with your skirt!"

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21.01.2026. At the end of the session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva found a suitable option for Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region.

The result of painstaking work on skills and transitions to fouettés

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21.01.2026. We know how much you enjoy watching the creative process involving our gymnasts, coaches, and Olympic champion. You'll love our new video!

Alina Kabaeva and Evgeniya Eliseeva offer Eva Kononova options for hoop skills

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18.01.2026. How to proficiently make a pirouette to standing split, properly appoach a pivot and control spin? Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova told Alexandra Borisova from Moscow about that at the workout in Novogorsk.

"Set yourself a task: I want more"

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18.01.2026. Making the backward pirouette properly — this is what Alexandra Borisova from Moscow worked on with Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova.

"You are doing so well and then sit down, while you get penalties for execution"

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18.01.2026. At a workout in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva advised the gymnast from the Tyumen Region to start with the basics — with standing up, and also told how she learned to perform this element herself.

The Olympic champion advises Eva Kononova and her coach Evgenia Eliseeva to learn the pirouette in the backward balance

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18.01.2026. Proper technique and cleanliness in performing elements are of utmost importance. They exactly determine the skill and the level of a gymnast.

Alina Kabaeva focuses the attention of Eva Kononova and coach Evgenia Eliseeva on proper technique during training in Novogorsk

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17.01.2026. We show how the gymnast from the Tyumen Region worked on the quality of the ribbon exercise together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina.

Eva Kononova works out the continuity of movements in the ribbon exercise with the Olympic champion

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17.01.2026. During one of the training sessions in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested to Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg what associations should arise when conveying the image in the new program with the ball.

Alina Kabaeva is working with Mariia Borisova to convey the image in the ball program

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17.01.2026. Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova noticed at a workout in Novogorsk that Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg pauses before the helicopter after performing the risk.

Adding continuity to the hoop exercise together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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17.01.2026. There, Alina Kabaeva met the director of the Novogorsk Educational and Training Center Alexander Ryabov and coaches of the Russian trampoline national team Alexei Ryzhkov and Raisa Belikova.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva is at the training base in Novogorsk!

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17.01.2026. During the training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva prompted coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina how to practice movements while counting.

Alina Kabaeva is helping Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region to feel the rhythm of the ribbon exercise

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16.01.2026. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested the gymnast and her coach Irina Gusarova making the club catch after the risk more difficult at a joint workout in Novogorsk.

A task for Alexandra Borisova from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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16.01.2026. Constantly trying and looking for interesting solutions — such an approach helps gymnasts to fully realize their capabilities.


"Try everything, then you will find your own one"

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16.01.2026. The exercise looks more graceful when the gymnast works with long arms and legs. To keep stretching in each element — this advice was given by the Olympic champion to the gymnast from Moscow during a training session with clubs.

Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova explain to Alexandra Borisova how to improve the execution of the pivot and risk

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16.01.2026. This is what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva focused on with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region and her coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina during their joint work on the ribbon exercise. 

Accents are met when the gymnast hears the music well

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16.01.2026. The approach also turned out to be unusual, right after the boomerang. Let’s watch! 

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches of the Academy Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina worked out an interesting skill with a ribbon with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region

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15.01.2026. Academy gymnasts are learning to make each and every element of the routine to the clean performance at workouts. Such approach is the key to stability when performing.




Alina Kabaeva and Evgenia Eliseeva are working with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region on the details of performing the risk in the ribbon exercise

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15.01.2026. Lightness during the exercise performance makes a gymnast more gracious. Owing to that, the athlete’s routine starts to stand out amid the rivals.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva are working with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region on the dance steps

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14.01.2025. Alisa is currently on a trial period and training with coach Elizaveta Chernova.

During the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Sirius, Alisa Shunina from Volgograd was noticed by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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22.12.2025. A real fashion show from the gymnasts, heartfelt words of gratitude, and a gift for Alina Kabaeva from Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow, all in the video.

Gifts from the Olympic champion to the Academy gymnasts for the New Year

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20.12.2025. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked all the coaches, gymnasts, medical staff, tutors and chefs that were part of the Academy in 2025, and congratulated them on the upcoming New Year!

"Thank you very much for your work!"

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19.12.2025. On the eve of the New Year, the large team of the Academy congratulated everyone who helps to develop rhythmic gymnastics. 

Congratulations from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, gymnasts and Academy specialists

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18.12.2025. The gymnast decided to go back to Nizhny Novgorod. She missed her parents terribly and made a choice to live in her hometown. Before leaving, the gymnast left a gift for the Olympic champion. She made a book containing her most treasured photos from her time competing.





A gift from the group gymnast Polina Zakharova for Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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16.12.2025. The Olympic champion greeted the participants in the creative process that has taken shape at the Academy in recent days and thanked the choreographers for their work with our gymnasts. 

"It's such joy when you can create!"

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10.12.2025. During the session, the gymnast practiced her stand-up routine. The Olympic champion's advice helped her improve her movement and enhance its amplitude.



Training of Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and her performance at the Russian Cup

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09.12.2025. During a joint training session before the start of the Russian Cup, Alina Kabaeva helped Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd and her coach, Evgenia Eliseeva, improve their execution of this element in the clubs routine.

Working on proper pirouette technique with an Olympic champion

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09.12.2025. Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd practicing clean hands during a joint training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva.

The continuation of the video, showing Anna Vakulenko practicing clean hands

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09.12.2025. During training in preparation for the Russian Cup, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd brought her arm incorrectly during her throw in the clubs routine, but Alina Kabaeva helped the gymnast and her coach, Evgenia Eliseeva, with a very clear comparison and advice on how to avoid this mistake.

How to properly perform a throw on a risk?

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09.12.2025. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva helping Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd practice her arm movement on the hoop in her clubs routine.

Working on hand cleanliness with Anna Vakulenko

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09.12.2025. Exclusive footage from the training floor in Kazan.

Video Archive

Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova are working on a rollover with Maria Borisova from St. Petersburg

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advises Alexandra Borisova and coach Irina Gusarova to add a club throw

"You should understand that it's very beautiful, and enjoy it"