Keepsake photographs with the Olympic champion after the Alina-2024 festival in Minsk

The topic of the new episode of the Match-TV weekly program was the second stage of the group exercise gymnasts’ selection to the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

For Coach's Day, we invited athletes from Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy to guess their mentors from their childhood photos.

The Academy coaches recall their first steps in rhythmic gymnastics and share the details of their work.

Academy choreographers Ekaterina Belova and Elena Egorova share why they made rhythmic gymnastics a part of their lives and also share their thoughts about the most pleasant moments in their work.

Academy coach Olga Frolova together with a student of the free early development group Darina Lyalkova shows a set of exercises for the first acquaintance with an apparatus.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helps the gymnast practice the fouette technique with a ball pass behind her back during another training session at the Academy.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, together with the choreographer of the Alina festival Irina Zenovka, show Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg how to achieve a beautiful and comfortable preparation for a pirouette.

Irina Kozyr explains in a new episode of the column how injuries affect the psychological state of athletes and shares pieces of advices that will help to go properly through the rehabilitation period.

Nutritionist Anna Turusheva explains in detail, what popular weight reduction methods should not be actually used, how the quick weight loss affects the state of health, and why carbs should not be given up before competitions.

After the mixed team tournament as part of the Russian Judo Championship, Polina Kameneva was in for a surprise: Vladislav Kislyakov "popped the question" on the tatami of the Martial Arts Academy.

In the new Anatomy of Gymnastics episode, the Academy's sports medicine doctor explains what makes knee joints so vulnerable and gives advice on how to avoid injuries.

Kira Pryn from Krasnodar, Kira Kopteva from Shchyolkovo, Elizaveta Malashenko from Rostov-on-Don, Tatyana Repkina from St. Petersburg and Elizaveta Dolgaya from Belgorod share what they learned during training and why they would like to stay at the Academy.

Akhmed Danaev and Nina Levchenko share their emotions from the Russian Championship and assess the importance of tournaments in Sirius for beginning judokas.

Phoenix Athletic Club coach from Udmurtia Anna Shvirid shares her thoughts on cooperation with the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association.

The expenses for tickets, accommodation and meals for the gymnasts participating in the second stage of selection process and coach Tatyana Sergaeva, have been paid by the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.