Mariia Borisova performing an exercise without an apparatus at the St. Petersburg Championship

Alina Kabaeva discussed this with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and coach Olga Minigalina during a training session at the Academy. The Olympic champion advised the gymnast while practicing the exercise with the clubs to increase the tempo and give her best at the workout.

By the way, the background music is from the hoop routine of Academy student Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg!

Sometimes, to reach your full potential, you need to be willing to take risks. This approach will help you develop and make progress.

How did it turn out? And what the young gymnasts will deal with further on? Tatyana Ryupina, the senior methodologist of the Talent and Success educational foundation, talks about that.

This is exactly what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, along with coaches Olga Minigalina and Evgenia Eliseeva, explained to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region at one of the training sessions. You will find out in our new video how Eva used the pieces of advice and what her result evolved to be!

The Olympic champion also explained to Yana why artistry is an important criterion driving the final score.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast how important effects are for a high score in artistry! Together with coach Olga Minigalina, they also worked on the execution quality of the planche pivot.

The Academy staff presented flowers to Karolina Pakhtusova from St. Petersburg, Alexandra Borisova from Moscow, Anna Vakulenko from Volgograd, and coaches Alina Gusarova and Olga Frolova.

She spoke about the ease of judging and the appeal of the rules.

Grace Ku, one of the organizers of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open from the Chinese side, also summarized the results for us.

Evgenia Eliseeva, who is now at the recovery camp in Abu Dhabi with Ksenia Savinova, also foĺlowed the workouts using a video link.

We came to a workout of the gymnasts that will take part in the Hopes of Russia national competition in Yekaterinburg.

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This and more is in our next video!

Rules of the Sky Grace International Association require from the gymnasts to perform more difficult and fascinating elements! How did pre-juniors Ksenia Evdokimova and Ksenia Bondarenko from Belarus and Karina Bogdanova from Russia change their programs to them at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025? The athletes explained that in a new video. They also shared their emotions from the competition. Ksenia Evdokimova won gold in the ball and silver in the clubs in Beijing. Karina Bogdanova came in second in the all-around. Ksenia Bondarenko had bronze in the all-around and silver in the rope and hoop events.