Interview of Ekaterina Sazonova and Vladislava Sharonova at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup
18 March
The gymnasts competed in the international Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup tournament under the Sky Grace International Association quota.
Katya talked about why she enjoyed the tournament and how she stays in touch with her coach, Yana Kelperis. Vlada shared her impressions of the competition and highlighted her strengths.
The Top-8 gymnasts from the Russian Championship qualified directly for the tournament in St. Petersburg. Thanks to the International Association, five more athletes also received the opportunity to compete.
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17 March
The Olympic champion supported the gymnast from St. Petersburg before her performance in the clubs final at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup.
17 March
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16 March
Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked the gymnasts and coaches, judges, organizers, and spectators of the international tournament in St. Petersburg at the final awards ceremony.
16 March
Standing next to the gymnast from the Novosibirsk Region were Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgenia Kanaeva, as well as her coach Elizaveta Chernova. Their setup and words of encouragement are featured in our new video.
16 March
There were St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, Russian Gymnastics Federation President Oleg Belozerov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Belsky, Chief Judge of the tournament and member of the Technical Committee of World Gymnastics Natalia Bulanova, and sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev among them.
15 March
Showing how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva supported our all-around champion from the Tyumen Region before and after her performances.
15 March
The gymnast became the winner of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup all-around competition.
15 March
Vladislava Sharonova (9th place in the all-around), Nicole Rimarachin Diaz (18th), Alisa Medvedeva (11th), Ekaterina Sazonova (12th), and Elvira Krasnobaeva (41st).
15 March
The Olympic champion helped group exercise gymnasts of the Academy to work on the tempo in the balls routine on the verge of the event.
14 March
She provided helpful hints and advice before they took to the floor. Watch the video to see what instructions the girls received!
14 March
Seniors Sofia Bobrik from Zhukovsky, Aksinya Popova from Rostov-on-Don, and Elizaveta Surkova from Astrakhan shared their impressions of the team tryouts and thanked their parents and coaches for their support.
14 March