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Competitions

During an Academy control training session, the Olympic champion and coaches Irina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Ekaterina Lots helped Mariia Borisova perform a side pirouette for a higher score. Masha managed to heed all the criticism and perform a high-quality side pirouette at the competition.

Alina Kabaeva shared some advice with Mariia Borisova on how to retain all successfully executed elements in her memory.

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The highlights of the competition are on your screen. Russian Ambassador Ilyas Iskandarov, President of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of the Congo Claudine Noël Miacassissa, the representatives of the Ministry of Sport, and the Brazzaville mayor's office were in the stands at the event. It was the prerogative of the Congolese side to hold the tournament. 

The second national gymnastics tournament named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva took place in the Republic of the Congo!

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, we spoke with Armenian champion Silva Sargsyan about what’s in her suitcase. Take a look at what she always carries with her, from apparatus to a lucky charm!


What a gymnast takes with her when she travels to a major tournament?

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MA Academy

The master class was held as part of the Judo Family festival.

Timur Arbuzov led a training session at the Martial Arts Academy

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Opinion

At the Academy, the specialist, together with coach Elizaveta Chernova, is preparing Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow for the upcoming competition.

Choreographer Natalia Belugina tells what the focus is when choreographing programs according to FIG rules

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Young athletes had the opportunity to try themselves in a fight with the 2025 world judo champion.

Matvey Kanikovsky's judo master class was held as part of the "Judo Family" festival

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The specialist explained why the swimming competition is being held at the Martial Arts Academy for the third year in a row.

"Convenient location, excellent conditions, and a responsive team!" Head judge Maksim Prosyanok talks about the Russian Railways multisport competitions

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There were 64 swimmers — 32 men and 32 women participated in the event.

The Martial Arts Academy became the venue for the swimming competition of the Russian Railways multi-sport competition — Loko Time

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Academy Life

Due to the emerging cases of mailings sent on behalf of the Alina Kabaeva Charitable Foundation representatives, we’d like to state that the foundation does not send letters and does not practice any fundraising.

Important information!

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The athlete also advised parents on how to properly train with their children.

2025 European Judo Champion Danil Lavrentyev spoke about his path to victory

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A training session for children and parents was also conducted as part of the 5th jubilee Judo Family festival.



A master class by 2025 European champion Danil Lavrentyev was held at the Martial Arts Academy

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The specialist shared details of her participation in the training at the Academy.

Coach Laura Acosta from Mexico gave an interview after the training session with the students of the Academy

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In the stands were the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, the President of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of Congo, representatives of the Ministry of Sports, as well as the Mayor’s Office of Brazzaville.

The second national gymnastics tournament named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva took place in the Republic of Congo

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Students from the Kazan Privolzhanka Olympic Reserve Athletic School were able to ask the tournament participants a wide range of questions.


Direct line for young gymnasts with their icons at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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The Izvestia TV channel is covering the second national gymnastics tournament in the Republic of Congo, named after Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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In the stands, we spoke with Anastasia Savchuk, Irina Pervukhina, Ariella Garayeva, Alika Shchedina, Agata Balandina, Alexander Taran, Evgenia Trunova, and Elvira Vagizova. They shared their thoughts on the Kazan tournament and named their favorite gymnasts.



It's time to hear about the impressions of the audience from the the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Support and the right words at the right moment were crucial to their victory, and the gymnasts won gold in five-hoop routine.

"You are one great team, we believe in you!"

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After the second day of the tournament in Kazan, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and the Academy group gymnasts received instructions from the Russian national team Head coach Tatyana Sergaeva.

"You control yourself!"

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Alina Kabaeva coached the Academy's group gymnasts via video call and gave some important advice to Nikole Andronchik, Alina Proshchalykina, Anna Gryaznova, Polina Zakharova, Kira Pryn, and Nelly Reutskaya, as well as their coach, Anna Ustsova.

The Olympic champion knows that making the right adjustments during a tournament brings results

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Bronze medalist Daria Verenich, silver medalist Vladislava Sharonova, and champion Mariia Borisova.

Highlights from the clubs routines of the senior all-around medalists at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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At the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest we filmed Academy coaches Irina Gusarova and Evgeniya Eliseeva leading Karolina Pakhtusova and Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Alexandra Borisova from Moscow into their performances.

So much depends on the attitude ahead of going out on the floor

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Karolina Tarasova won bronze, Ksenia Savinova won silver, and Sofia Ilteriakova won gold.


Excerpts from the performances of the Top-3 gymnasts in the junior all-around competition at the the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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After the awards ceremony at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest Alina Kabaeva offered warm words of encouragement to the Academy group gymnasts and the junior all-around medalists, Sofia Ilteryakova, Ksenia Savinova, and Karolina Tarasova.


Touching congratulations from the Olympic champion

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We're watching excerpts from routines by juniors from the Vladimir, Volgograd, and Novosibirsk Regions, the Sirius Federal Territory and the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as seniors from the Sirius Federal Territory, the Volgograd, Belgorod, and Ryazan Regions, and the Krasnoyarsk Region.

These athletes didn't qualify for the tournament based on the results of the Russian Championships and Junior Championships, but Sky Grace gave them the opportunity to participate and compete for a spot in the finals.

The all-around performances by the Sky Grace International Association group gymnasts

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During a control training session before tthe third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, to add a split jump, which is worth 0.7 points, to their program.

The gymnast demonstrated this expensive and impressive element at the competition.

The result is a silver medal in the tournament

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Silver medalist and future journalist Alisa Eremeeva, representing the team from St. Petersburg, tried her hand at reporting.

An interview with the winners of the senior all-around competition—the Belarusian team's group gymnasts

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Sirius group gymnasts Anna Alekseeva, Sofia Patyukova, Viktoria Pochtarkina, Arina Wagner, and Sofia Zoricheva talked about their preparation and progress, and also thanked the Sky Grace International Association for the opportunity to compete in the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

"We will try to fight and take advantage of this opportunity"

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We'll show you what Karolina Tarasova was told to correct in her ball routine during one of her runs, and how she performed on the competition floor! 


The Academy gymnasts' preparations for the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Kazan were very active, and the athletes are trying to heed every comment from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and their coaches

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Exercises by juniors Polina Bogdanova, Elena Styushina, Viktoria Zinkovskaya, Viktoria Shkirenkova, Sofia Nikolskaya, Taisiya Vyachina, Arina Paimetova, Ksenia Salii, as well as seniors Maria Dmitrieva and Alina Galochkina.


This video features excerpts from the performances by individual athletes who won the opportunity to compete in the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Kazan for the Sky Grace International Association team

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Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd, and Alexandra Borisova from Moscow.

Academy seniors and their performances on the first day of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest international tournament

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The lens of our cameras captured an episode behind the scenes of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest how psychologist Evgenia Kuzminova and coach Anna Ustsova set Academy group exercise gymnasts up for the performance with five hoops. 

The last minutes before appearing on the floor, the buck fever and emotions after the performance are on our video!


"I could see the interest in in each other!"

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On the first day of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Alina Kabaeva coached Karolina Tarasova, Karolina Pakhtusova, Ksenia Savina, and Mariia Borisova and discussed their mistakes.


The support of an Olympic champion always energizes our gymnasts ahead of their performances

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped group exercise gymnasts of the Academy to add an accent in the exercise with five hoops.

The gymnasts materialized this idea at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Kazan after practicing at workouts!

The girls showed the best result in this exercise during the first competition day. Anna Ustsova is their coach and Ekaterina Belova is the choreographer. 


The gymnasts materialized the idea of Alina Kabaeva at the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Kazan

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Tatiana gave her guidance to our gymnasts, Mariia Borisova and Karolina Tarasova. 


Head coach of the Russian national team Tatiana Sergaeva came to Kazan for the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded the Academy coaches of this during a control training session.


In order for  the accents in the exercise to look impressive, the gymnast must be comfortable performing them

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva was given a tour of the venue of the international Sky Grace Cup tournament in 2025.

Izvestia TV channel shows how Olympic champion visited the Shougang athletic facility in Beijing

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In Beijing, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva met with the organizers from the Chinese side. Together they discussed preparations for the competiion and warmly recalled their cooperation in 2023.

The first video from the international 2025 Sky Grace Cup venue

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It brought the Sky Grace International Association team seven medals - four gold, two silver and one bronze.


An atmospheric video from the Gracia Kupa international tournament in Budapest

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This is how she performed it at the international tournament in Budapest!

Remember this pirouette by Ksyusha Savinova from Gatchina?

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The Academy gymnast is the champion of the tournament in Budapest. Her coach is Irina Gusarova, choreographer is Elena Egorova.

Raffaeli pirouette — first performed by Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg

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By the way, in Budapest, the Sky Grace International Association gymnast for the first time performed a new program with a hoop.

Excerpts from the performances by Mariia Borisova, the all-around champion of the Gracia Kupa tournament according to the senior program

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Performances of silver and bronze medalists of the all-around Vladislava Nikolaenko and Vladislava Sharonova, as well as Viktoria Bespalova and Eva Kononova at the international Gracia Kupa tournament in Budapest.

Spectacular and emotional programs of the Sky Grace International Association seniors team

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Nelly Reutskaya, Alina Proshchalykina, Nikole Andronchik, Anna Gryaznova, Kira Pryn and Polina Zakharova prepared for the start under the guidance of coach Anna Ustsova and choreographer Ekaterina Belova.

Awarding of the Sky Grace International Association group gymnasts at the tournament in Budapest

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The gymnast won a silver medal in the all-around among athletes born in 2010. Her coach is Evgeniya Eliseeva, and her choreographer is Elena Egorova.

Pirouette into a loop performed by Karolina Tarasova at the Gracia Kupa tournament

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We have put together fragments of the performances of Karolina Tarasova, Ksenia Savinova, Elizaveta Geraskina, Sofia Ilteryakova, as well as the group gymnasts.

Fragments of the exercises of the Sky Grace juniors at the international Gracia Kupa tournament

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At the international Cup of the Strongest Athletes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus tournament we asked Belarusian gymnasts Alina Harnasko, Anna Kondrashina, Nika Kostina and volunteer Ekaterina Ivanova to answer a few questions to understand what could ruin their ideal tournament, and by how much?

"The tournament is 10/10, but…" poll

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This is how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva motivated  Academy group gymnasts for the final performance with clubs at the international Cup of the Strongest Athletes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus tournament.

"Those who are focused will defeat themselves"

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Before performing with ribbon at the international Cup of the Strongest Athletes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus tournament, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina made mistakes in the elements. However, the advice of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped her correct them and perform the exercise cleanly on the competition floor.

The advice of the Olympic champion which helped Ksenia Savinova to perform the exercise with ribbon cleanly

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Take a look at how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina concentrate before the ribbon final at the international Cup of the Strongest Athletes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus tournament. The result is a silver medal!

"This is not an accident, but a pattern, because you worked!"

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After Karolina Tarasova's performance with clubs at the international Cup of the Strongest Athletes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus tournament, she advised that the gymnast to maintain the pace and mood throughout the entire routine.