The broadcast of the X Alina Charitable Rhythmic Gymnastics Festival

Ksyusha is a Russian National champion and a European Championship silver medalist. The gymnast is a member of the National team’s main roster and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She trains under Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, with Elena Egorova serving as her choreographer.

During a training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, along with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, Head coach of the Sirius Federal Territory team, helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina perfect a risk with a hoop.

The Academy wished the teachers of the free early development groups happy Teachers' Day.

In this video, Alina Kabaeva explains to Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg how to perform chaines right without lifting the shoulders. Diana lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She trains under Alina and Irina Gusarova, with Ekaterina Belova as her choreographer.

The seamless flow of elements and rapid transitions between them demonstrate a gymnast's high level of proficiency and the complexity of the routine, however, flawless execution ultimately depends on fine technical details. It was precisely these details that Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina focused on during a training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Anastasia Dedeneva and Yulia Polyakova from Belgorod, along with Nadezhda Peshkova, Polina Ponomarenko, and Veronika Petunina from Bryansk, visited the Academy and shared their impressions of the training sessions, the gymnasts, and their meeting with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. Watch our video to see what stood out most to the girls!

What were their impressions of the tournament, and who do they look up to? Find out in the video!

The Olympic champion offered tips on how to gauge the apparatus's flight path.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested a new transition for the routine.

The Olympic champion focused on leg technique and demonstrated how to launch the hoop with accuracy and confidence.

During an Academy training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd on the execution of the planche turn and the exit from the move.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen region how to increase speed during a planche turn, using the mechanism of a spinning top as an example.

Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the proper way to handle the clubs and asked the coaches to watch out for such errors so they wouldn't become ingrained habits.

Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the technique for a ball roll to Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and explained how to transition smoothly into a pirouette. She also suggested adding a movement that emphasizes the music.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested increasing the number of jeté en tournant jumps in the routine by Alisa Shunina from Volgograd.