A hearty moment with Alina Kabaeva after the end of the first day of the Sky Grace Cup

We peeked into a class in anticipation of Mother's Day and filmed the creative process. And in this video, you will also see the moms' reactions to the surprise!

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.

We've compiled a collection of moments from how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva coached Yana Zaikina from Volgograd before her hoop and ball routines at the Hopes of Russia tournament. At the end of the first day of competition, the gymnast placed third. Her coach is Evgeniya Eliseeva, and her choreographer is Elena Egorova.

How did their class go? And how do they see their moms? You will find out in the video!

In honor of Mother's Day, we decided to ask young gymnasts Ksenia Berest, Alexandra Pokhomova, Diana Yurkevich, Eva Vasilyeva, and judoka Alina Yastrebova, Arseniy Sanofeev, Eremei Serotyuk, Kristina Shcherbakova, and Salomon Aliyev questions about their moms. What were their moms like in childhood? What makes them happy? And what gifts do they want to receive? The answers are in this video!

Take a look at how Alina Kabaeva and coach Olga Minigalina helped Academy student Yana Zaikina from Volgograd improve her finishing touch in her clubs routine.

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!