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We are practicing the fouetté and pirouette technique together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy student Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd.

14.09.2025. During the run-through with clubs, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested that Karolina Tarasova add a jeté en tournant and helped her practice the fouetté.

During the run-through with clubs, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested that Karolina Tarasova add a jeté en tournant and helped her practice the fouetté.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, together with Zlata Tulubaeva, Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina, helped the gymnast analyze the risk in the hoop exercise.

After the comments by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow worked on this element.

At the control training session at the Academy, Karolina Tarasova failed to perform a fouette well, but Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast and her coach Evgeniya Eliseeva why this happened and how to avoid this mistake in the future.

At an Academy control training session, Alina Kabaeva helped the gymnast from St. Petersburg figure out how to throw and catch at the feet during a risk. And after several attempts, Masha succeeded!

One of them was the contest for the best planche performance under the guidance of Anna Dyachenko, the senior coach of the Russian national team. Academy student Veronika Malinina from St. Petersburg took part in it.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noted that this is exactly the mindset that helps to shape the character of the athletes and teaches them to always do the best.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva shared her personal case with Academy students Karolina Tarasova and Ksenia Savinova and also gave valuable pieces of advice how to cope with losses, keep the focus and achieve stability.

The new weekly episode of the Match TV program is dedicated to the journey of gymnasts, from their first training sessions to their global fame.

The Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noted the progress and creative approach after a good run-through by the Academy's student.

Mastery in performing elements is the result of persistent training!  Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva taught Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg a new move for the dance track with a hoop.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva shared a secret with Academy student Karolina Tarasova - you need to repeat a simple exercise.

In this video, you will find work on bouncing the hoop and the dance floor, and also hear important words from Alina Kabaeva.