Mariia Borisova's unique ribbon routine at the St. Petersburg Championship

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked with Irina Zenovka, Alina Festival choreographer, who put together the Academy group gymnasts routine with five balls.

This is precisely what the Olympic champion pointed out to the Academy group exercises. Alina Kabaeva, together with coach Anna Ustsova, advised Alina Proshchalykina on how to best execute the vault in the five-ball exercise.

Before the Russian Championship, the Olympic champion was in touch with our gymnasts during floor testing.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the athletes get into the right frame of mind.

That's exactly what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva told our senior team and coach Anna Ustsova during preparations for the Russian Championships. She asked that we leave a difficult and spectacular moment in the program. The girls didn't disappoint at the tournament in Moscow! We're showing the training and performance of the new Russian champions!

In a group routine, expressiveness depends largely on flow—movements should logically follow one another, without pauses or hesitations. Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Anna Ustsova worked specifically on the flow of the hoops and clubs routine with the senior group gymnasts during a control training session. And you saw the results for yourself on the floor!

We're showing a fragment of a call between Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and the Academy group gymnasts ahead of the Russian Championship floor testing in Moscow. Everything will be fine, no matter what—how could anyone not believe it after a conversation like that? Indeed, our girls are Russian champions in the all-around and silver medalists in the hoop and clubs finals!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva supported group exercise gymnasts of the Academy on the eve of their performance at the Russian Championships. She helped the gymnasts to get in the right frame of mind for their work and advised them to focus solely on the exercise, not worrying about the results.

In January 2026, when our senior group exercises team was just forming, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnasts what their goal should be. The results were visible within a month: at the Russian Championships, Sofia Sokolovskaya, Nelly Reutskaya, Nicole Andronchik, Alina Proshchalykina, and Zlata Remchukova won the all-around title and silver in the three-hoops-and-clubs routine!

The girls took to the floor after performing with three hoops and two pairs of clubs. Together with coach Anna Ustsova and choreographer Elena Egorova, they were practicing a routine with five balls.

The gymnasts' coach is Anna Ustsova, and the choreographer is Elena Egorova.

For the decisive day of the Russian Championship, the Academy group gymnasts prepared with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Anna Ustsova.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva discussed this with Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region during a training session in Novogorsk ahead of the Russian Championship.

We filmed the Academy group gymnasts routines before their hoop and club routine at the Russian Championship and are sharing them with you.

The Olympic champion also tested their reaction time before taking to the floor. We're sharing exclusive footage!