Sky Grace Cup 2024. A video from Elissar Hanounik

Why should a gymnast bring something new even to a well-practiced routine? This is precisely the question discussed by Olympic champion, gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg and her coach, Irina Gusarova. Alina Kabaeva advised Masha to rewatch Maya Plisetskaya's performance to Bolero for inspiration. Masha's ribbon routine is choreographed to music from Bolero.

Take a look at the sweet musical greeting preschoolers from free early development groups prepared with all their hearts for their mommies!

Irina Zilber is an Olympic champion in the group routine at the Sydney Games and the director of the Center for Rhythmic and Aesthetic Gymnastics in Yekaterinburg, which hosts the All-Russian Hopes of Russia competition. During the tournament, Irina talked about preparing the gymnastics field for the start. We also asked her to evaluate the progress of the Academy's group routines. She shared the secret that helps her win!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva together with coaches Olga Minigaliina and Evgenia Eliseeva worked with Elina Khabirova from Kazan on the exercise with clubs. They prompted the gymnast how to improve the technique of executing a fouetté and what accents could be added. The result is a more confident and vigorous presentation of the exercise. Judge for yourself!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Olga Minigalina worked with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region on this. They advised Eva on when to increase the tempo to emphasize the rhythm of the music.

Alina Kabaeva discussed this with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and coach Olga Minigalina during a training session at the Academy. The Olympic champion advised the gymnast while practicing the exercise with the clubs to increase the tempo and give her best at the workout.

By the way, the background music is from the hoop routine of Academy student Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg!

Sometimes, to reach your full potential, you need to be willing to take risks. This approach will help you develop and make progress.

How did it turn out? And what the young gymnasts will deal with further on? Tatyana Ryupina, the senior methodologist of the Talent and Success educational foundation, talks about that.

This is exactly what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, along with coaches Olga Minigalina and Evgenia Eliseeva, explained to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region at one of the training sessions. You will find out in our new video how Eva used the pieces of advice and what her result evolved to be!

The Olympic champion also explained to Yana why artistry is an important criterion driving the final score.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast how important effects are for a high score in artistry! Together with coach Olga Minigalina, they also worked on the execution quality of the planche pivot.

The Academy staff presented flowers to Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg, Alexandra Borisova from Moscow, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd, and coaches Alina Gusarova and Olga Frolova.

She spoke about the ease of judging and the appeal of the rules.

Grace Ku, one of the organizers of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open from the Chinese side, also summarized the results for us.