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Competitions

How did the gymnasts spend their time and what was memorable about the trip? Watch in our video!

Let’s welcome back Academy students Karolina Tarasova and Yana Zaikina after the tournament in Mexico

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Alexandra Kuvardina, Olga Karaseva, Daria Verezhnikova, Daria Tyurina, Ekaterina Sopova, and Ksenia Savchuk analyzed their performances and highlighted their strengths.

Gymnasts from Moscow topped the list in the group exercise all-around at the Russian Youth VI Summer Spartakiad — 2025

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Who do the fans support in Penza? And what do they like most about the gymnasts' performances? Kira, Alexey and Olga Lavrenko, as well as Oksana Gribovskaya and Elizaveta Igolnikova told us all about it.

Fans' impressions from the Youth of Russia VI Summer Spartakiad — 2025

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Academy Life

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Important information!

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The Academy has started a recovery camp for the Russian national team juniors

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Opinion

The final concert was attended by Anastasia Stepanova, Maria Likhatskaya and Alexey Angatkin.

Participants of the first session of the intensive course of Alla Dukhova's TODES school-studio share their impressions of the classes

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Gymnasts learned about the history of the holiday and participated in various activities.

Academy gymnasts took part in an interactive lesson ahead of the Family, Love and Loyalty Day

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Alina Kabaeva

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva extends congratulations on the Day of Family, Love and Loyalty.

Good wishes on the Day of Family, Love and Loyalty from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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A final concert was held on the last day of the training camp.

"Everything at the highest level!" Coach Alexandra Grinchuk talks about the Academy of the Firsts training camp in Sirius

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The teacher taught Georgian dance classes at the Academy of the First training camp. Together with the athletes, they prepared performances for the final concert.

"It lights people up!" Teacher Georgy Janelidze talks about dance classes at the Academy of the Firsts training camp

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The training camp is led by Larisa Romanchuk.

How are the training camps of gymnasts from the Krylia Sovetov athletic school going? Gymnasts Anfisa Murzina and Olesya Golovchuk talk about it

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Why did the coaches think that Karina wouldn’t become a gymnast? How did she cope with difficulties and fears? And how does she see her life after sports? The gymnast told about it during the Academy recovery camp.

Exclusive interview with the BRICS Games champion and Russian Championship medalist Karina Kireeva

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The head coach of the Russian national team told about the classes of the seniors at the training camp at the Academy, as well as about the goals for the upcoming training camp of the juniors.

"A busy end of the year lies ahead!" Tatiana Sergaeva talks about the training camp for gymnasts of the national team

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The gymnasts made their way to the finals with five ribbons. The Association is one more floor for development of rhythmic gymnastics and provides a change to many talented gymnasts from different regions and countries to show themselves.

Performance of group team from the Belgorod region at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest according to the quota of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association

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Support, emotions, work with the coaches and simply a warm atmosphere — let's watch!

The most vivid moments of the second stage of the Cup of Strongest at the Academy

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At the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest at the Academy, Alina Kabaeva gave tips to the group exercise gymnasts from St. Petersburg and their coach Elena Petunina on how to improve the fouetté.

Important piece of advice from the Olympic champion for the group exercise gymnasts from St. Petersburg

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At the second stage of the Cup of Strongest, the gymnast from Moscow received low scores due to her body difficulty. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested which elements need to be added to increase the score.

Olympic champion helps Alexandra Borisova to make the exercise with clubs more difficult

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The 1996 European Champion, coach Anna Ustsova summed up the Academy group team performance at the Cup of the Strongest Cup, where the gymnasts won three medals. Anya Gryaznova also shared her emotions from winning the exercise with five pairs of clubs.

Coach Anna Ustsova and the Academy group team share their emotions from the Cup of the Strongest result

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The Olympic champion congratulated the gymnasts on their victory in the exercise with five pairs of clubs after performing at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminds Academy group exercise gymnasts of the importance of constantly working on themselves

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva praised the pirouette by Lola Djuraeva from Uzbekistan in the training hall and asked her to demonstrate the technique to Academy gymnast Sasha Borisova of Moscow.

Gymnasts had the opportunity to learn from each other at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest!

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, personal coach Irina Gusarova and choreographer Elena Egorova accompanied Mariia Borisova to her performance with the ball in individual finals, and then greeted her afterwards.

What was left behind the scenes of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest?

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They got the opportunity to perform at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest owing to the Sky Grace International Clubs Association. Anna Alekseeva, Viktoria Pochtarkina, Arina Vagner, Sofia Zoricheva and Sofia Patyukova won bronze in the all-around among seniors, and also advanced to the individual finals with five ribbons.

Group exercise gymnasts from the Krasnodar Region share their impressions of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova told Sasha Borisova from Moscow that she needs to do not one, but two turns into a loop. They also helped her make the right transition from a chaine to a helicopter.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova help Sasha Borisova before the performance with the ball

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They got a chance to perform thanks to the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association and even managed to get to the final with five ribbons.

Gymnasts from Belgorod took part in the second stage of the Cup of Strongest in the senior program.

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Meeting of Alina Kabaeva with gymnast Lola Djuraeva and coach Inara Sattarova during the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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At the recent international Evgeniya Cup competition in Omsk, Academy studentl Yana Zaikina from Volgograd won silver in the final with the ball. And now, at the second stage of the Cup of Strongest, the gymnast won gold in this event.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva sets up Yana Zaikina for gold in the ball final

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They got into sports suits with the logotype of the Sky Grace International Clubs Association. The girls wore them when receiving gold medals for winning the all-around at the BRICS Games.

Group exercise gymnasts from Nizhny Novgorod have a special approach to receiving awards at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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The Academy team are champions of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest international tournament!

The most emotional video of today!

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Showing an episode of how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova prepared Sasha Borisova from Moscow for the appearance at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Footage from behind the scenes during Sasha Borisova's preparation for the performance with ribbon

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and choreographer Elena Egorova also prepared the athlete for this performance.

Coach Irina Gusarova backstage during Maria Borisova's performance with clubs

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Take a look how Olympic champion and coach Irina Gusarova helped Sasha Borisova from Moscow increase the pace in the elements and work on catches at the second stage of the Cup of Strongest.

Sasha Borisova's preparation for the clubs performance under the guidance of the Olympic champion and coach Irina Gusarova

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The gymnast from St. Petersburg became the champion of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest in the all-around.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva's reaction to Maria Borisova's performance with clubs

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Karima Al Bahraoui from the United Arab Emirates met her idol, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, during the interview.

Dreams come true at the Cup of the Strongest

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We held a quick question and answer session among the Cup of the Strongest participants and their coaches.

How do gymnasts cope with anxiety?

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Take a look how Academy coach Irina Gusarova helps the gymnast from St. Petersburg get in the right mind frame a minute before going out on the floor.

Coach Irina Gusarova helps Karolina Pakhtusova get in the right mind frame before the performance

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At the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Karolina Tarasova was upset by her unsuccessful performance. To prevent this from affecting her mood before the next all-around event, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva found the right words.

Olympic champion finds the right words for Karolina Tarasova before the performance

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Take a look how the Russian team Head coach Tatyana Sergaeva praised the Academy juniors Karolina Tarasova and Yana Zaikina after their performances in the all-around.

Exclusive footage from behind the scenes of the second stage of the Cup of Strongest

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Watch the video to find out what advice she received from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva.

Final instructions to Anna Vakulenko before performing her new exercise with hoop

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What funny situation happened to the athletes at the end of the program? How to get out of situations like that and maintain team spirit? Arina Lysenko, Daria Melnik, Anna Storozhenko, Sofia Lobova and Alena Seliverstova answered these questions.

The Russian Federation team members share their impressions after winning the all-around competition of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest in the junior program

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At the second stage of the Cup of Strongest, the gymnast decided to add a twist to the pirouette with the ball, but the improvisation almost led to a breakdown. Alina Kabaeva noted that at competitions you need to show only what you have worked on in training.

An important reminder to Karolina Tarasova from the Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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Take a look how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, together with coach Irina Gusarova and choreographer Elena Egorova took out and watched Mariia Borisova when performing with a ball at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Hugs, warm words behind the scenes and the most positive emotions after Mariia Borisova's performance with ball

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At the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Alina Kabaeva, together with the Academy coach Irina Gusarova, explained to Alexandra Borisova from Moscow how to perform this element more effectively.

How to spin a fouette correctly? The Olympic champion tells how and shows it too

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Together with Evgeniya Eliseeva, the Olympic champion got the gymnast in the right mind frame before going out on the floor  at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helps Karolina Tarasova correct her fouette before the performance

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During the training session ahead of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Karolina Tarasova could not concentrate and because of this made mistakes in the exercise with the hoop. Take a look how Alina Kabaeva supported the Academy student.

Getting ready for the competition together with an Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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Participant of the training camp Safina Shaigardanova from Kazan and the group leader Lira Tazetdinova congratulated Karolina Tarasova and Yana Zaikina on their successful performance on the first day of the competition.

Touching moment behind the scenes of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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Showing an episode of Karolina Tarasova's workout under the guidance of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva before appearing on the floor at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

The Olympic champion knows what words will help to feel more confidently before the performance

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Rita Nemova, Ruslana Varlakova, Katya Akmanova, Eliza Polegaeva, Pelageya Penskikh, Alisa Prilomova and Vasilisa Lyamina tell about the support and being nervous before going out on the floor.

The young stars of the Academy share their impressions from the mAlinka tournament

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Polina Pakhomova, Nastya Dieva and Dasha Igolkina won gold among gymnasts born in 2018.

The winners of the mAlinka tournament share their impressions from the competition at the Academy

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Ksenia Varlakova, Snezhana and Andrei Dorogov, Valery and Andrei Igolkin and Alexey Gurov share their impressions from the competition.

Interviews with mAlinka tournament participants' parents at the Academy

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The gymnast studies at the Academy in a free early development group.