Understanding Artistry. The Personality of the Composition

Arina is a member of the Russian National team and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region and Sofia Ilteriakova from Moscow are members of the Russian National team. Arina is a Russian champion and lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.

Backstage at the Rhythmic World Challenge Cup, Russian champion Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region signed autographs for young fans from China.

The gymnast won bronze in the finals in this event.

Alina Kabaeva explained to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region the importance of throwing the apparatus. And she demonstrated the right technique.

Watch complete with crowd support and a warm embrace from her coach, Elizaveta Chernova.

This marks the first international competition for the athletes from St. Petersburg. The gymnasts finished second at the Russian Championships, earned a spot on the National team's main roster, and received the opportunity to represent the country on the international stage.

One of Eva Kononova's classes with Olympic champion, Evgeniya Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, and choreographer Irina Zenovka before the European Championship focused on ball rolling. Alina Kabaeva demonstrated how to work with this apparatus on the floor.

President of World Gymnastics Morinari Watanabe spoke at the event.

Sharing heartwarming episodes from the Rhythmic World Challenge Cup tournament.

This is how active Russian champion Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region was cheered on the first day of the Rhythmic World Challenge Cup in Beijing during her ball and hoop routines!

The Olympic champion emphasized that the rotational movements under the throw must be fast and that taking it easy on the floor is not an option.

At the training camp, our gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg took the opportunity to meet with figure skaters Taisiya Shcherbinina, Viktoria Dvinina, Pavel Astakhov, Polina Shesheleva, and Egor Karnaukhov, as well as water polo player Daria Klyueva and tennis player Zlata Terekhova.

In the first part, we'll show the gymnast working with Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva on artistic accents and exits after the jeté en tournant and the Raffaeli turn.

Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, along with special needs children from Kazan, sang the "The Very Most" song well-known to Alina Festival participants and spectators.