The second and third place winners in the junior group gymnasts routine at the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest are featured in a new interview!
17 May
The silver medalists, the Moscow-based All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society (VFSO) Labor Reserves team, spoke about their preparation plans and their emotions about the result. The gymnasts from Omsk Region, who won bronze in the all-around and silver in the five-ribbon routine, noted the high level of competition and shared their impressions of the other participants' performances.
The Labor Reserves team includes Alina Semenova, Sofia Shechkova, Evelina Lyapina, Elizaveta Pogorelova, Zinaida Akchurina, and Veronika Serezhenkina.
The Omsk Region team is Polina Maslova, Veronika Romanova, Sabina Kuzmina, Yulia Sevostyanova, Varvara Maslennikova, and Ekaterina Ivanishcheva.
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Figure skaters Victoria Dvinina, Taisiya Shcherbinina, Zlata Kamalova and Daria Andreeva followed the Academy gymnasts' training session with interest.
12 June
The girls went for a run outside, warmed up, and worked with ribbons in the hall.
12 June
In one part of her hoop routine, Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region ran out of time to complete the transition. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva quickly identified the cause, it was a delay in the previous element that prevented her from maintaining the desired tempo. Together with fellow gymnast and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva, she analyzed the issue and helped her perform part of the routine more dynamically.
12 June
Alina Kabaeva performed a throw in her hoop and clubs routine with the gymnasts to better understand the reason for the mistake.
11 June
Group leader Lira Tazetdinova thanked the Academy team and shared how eager the girls were to get to training early in the morning.
10 June
We're sharing excerpts from her routine.
10 June
In the all-around, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz achieved the Top-3 results.
10 June
During a control training session before the European Championship, Academy judge Zlata Tulubaeva noticed Mariia Borisova's abrupt landing after her vault in the clubs routine.
09 June
Gymnasts from Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Syria, Uzbekistan, and Russia took part in a performance to Maurice Ravel's music "Bolero."
09 June
Yana Zaikina from Volgograd took first place, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina took second, and Vera Konopatskaya from Belarus took third.
09 June
The Academy hosted a master class with Nisa Chusovitina, choreographer and teacher at Alla Dukhova's TODES dance studio. Together, the gymnasts worked on their movement and learned a dance routine.
09 June
Alina Kabaeva also discussed the technical details of the skill, which is achieved after risk.
08 June
Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region the right cartwheel technique and reminded her that hard work in training always brings results.
07 June
Take a look at the footage from Spain.
07 June
A big thank you to the fans for their warm support of our gymnast from St. Petersburg!
06 June