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Competing at the competition are Academy gymnasts Veronika Malinina and Liya Rodionova from St. Petersburg, Malika Timurshina from Kazan, and Olga Buyanova's students, Daria Barabanova and Anastasia Tebenkova from the Irkutsk Region, who were selected through the quota of the Sky Grace International Association.

Take a look at a fragment from a ball routine by Veronika Malinina of St. Petersburg, on the first day of the All-Russian Young Gymnasts tournament in Ulyanovsk. Veronika is coached by Alina and Irina Gusarova, and her choreographer is Ekaterina Belova.

In a new episode from the workout at the Academy, we show how Alina Kabaeva shared with Eva Kononova the secret of performing the signature backward pirouette.

The gymnasts who first qualified for the Cup of the Strongest thanks to the Sky Grace International Association and then advanced to the finals.