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Workouts

During performances, it's important to maintain concentration until the end of a routine and complete all elements. This is exactly what Evgeniya Eliseeva reminded Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina about during a training session in Novogorsk ahead of the Cup of the Strongest final.

A fragment of the work of Ksenia Savinova and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva on the hoop program in Novogorsk

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Thanks to a broadcast from the Academy, coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina prepared Ksenia Savinova and Karolina Tarasova in Novogorsk for the Strongest Cup final, while supervising Malika Timurshina and Eva Kononova's training in Sirius.

Academy staff can follow gymnasts' training sessions in various cities

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Gymnasts know that winning competitions requires hard work. Karolina Tarasova and Mariia Borisova, along with coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva and Irina Gusarova, are reviewing parts of their routines and preparing for the Cup of the Strongest final!

Footage from the training session in Novogorsk!

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Competitions

The International Grand Prix Alem Tournament will be held in Astana from October 23 to 25.

Gymnasts of the Association will participate in the international tournament in Kazakhstan

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According to competition rules, no more than two teams from a single country can share the podium, so the Belarusian team's group exercise won bronze in the three-ball, two-hoops event.

Results of Individual Events in the Seniors Group Exercises at the Cup of the Strongest Final

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The third day featured the hoop and club finals.

Results of Individual Events in the Juniors Group Exercises at the Cup of the Strongest Finals

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Congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and their coaches!

Juniors Event Results at the Cup of the Strongest Final

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The St. Petersburg team won gold, the Belarusian gymnasts took silver, and the Russian team took third place.

Seniors Group All-Around results at the Cup of the Strongest final

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Ksenia Savinova won the competition, while Karolina Tarasova placed third. Sofia Ilteryakova won the silver medal.

Juniors All-Around Results at the Cup of the Strongest Final

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The Russian junior team won, the Academy group exercises took second place, and the Nizhny Novgorod Region team took third.

Juniors Group Exercise All-Around Results at the Cup of the Strongest Final

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Milena Shchenyatskaya took second place, and Daria Verenich took third.

Mariia Borisova is the all-around champion at the Cup of the Strongest final

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Seniors Margarita Mamun and Alexandra Soldatova and junior Alina Ermolova appeared on the floor as Russian team members.

Gymnasts who represented Russia at the AEON Cup — 2015

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This year, Margarita Mamun, Yana Kudryavtseva and Veronika Polyakova represented Russia at the AEON Cup.

Gymnasts who represented Russia at the AEON Cup — 2014

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Anna Ustsova told the group exercise gymnasts of the Academy about that. The professional also helped to practice the dance steps on the verge of the finals of the Cup of the Strongest international tournament!

How to perform the risk and catch the clubs properly?

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In preparation for the Cup of the Strongest final Karolina Tarasova attended classes in Novogorsk led by Russian national team choreographer Kirill Barkan. Take a look at the barre exercises the gymnast performed!

Karolina Tarasova's classes under the direction of Kirill Barkan

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This advice was given to Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg by the Olympic champion during the preparation for the AEON Cup world club championship.


"No matter what happens, the apparatus should always be in your hands!"

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At a pre-AEON Cup practice session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noticed that Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg was performing this element uncertainly in her clubs routine and offered suggestions on how to improve it.

What other mistakes did the Academy specialists point out to the athlete? Watch the new video from the session!

The right way to do a lateral balance!

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At the Tokyo tournament, Ulyana Janus won silver as part of the team. The gymnast trained with her coach, Marina Drozd, at the Academy, and was assisted by our staff and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Practice of the routine during a control training session and the results at the AEON Cup

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This is precisely what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Olga Minigalina, Alina Gusarova, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Laura Acosta from Mexico worked on during a test training session before the AEON Cup with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina. They helped the gymnast perform a clean risk and jumps in the ball routine.

Refining the details helps make the elements of a routine noticeably more expressive

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Alina Kabaeva and coaches Alina Gusarova, Olga Frolova, and Laura Acosta from Mexico reminded Ulyana Janus from Omsk of this before the AEON Cup.

"No one should know you're anxious"

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What did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva praise Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina for during a pre-AEON Cup practice session?

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Take a look at how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Alina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Ekaterina Lots helped the gymnast correct her balance and catch mistakes.

We continue to show how Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina practiced her ball routine before the AEON Cup

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Zlata Tulubaeva, Ekaterina Lots, Olga Minigalina, Alina Gusarova, and Marina Drozd worked on this during a control training session before the  AEON Cup with Ulyana Yanus from Omsk. They also advised the gymnast on how to avoid mistakes in risks and in her fouettés.

How to correctly perform a roll in a ball exercise without losing points?

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The results were immediate!

The coaches noted the gymnast's progress, especially after Karolina brilliantly executed a fouetté. And Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped the athlete perfect her dance routine.


Academy student Karolina Tarasova is now training using a new program recommended by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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This is precisely what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pointed out after the Academy group gymnasts did a poor throw in their clubs routine during a control training session before the III CIS Games. 

The Academy staff also helped the girls understand how many points they were losing due to minor errors.


Disappointing losses happen because of lost concentration

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded Karolina Tarasova of the importance of giving it her all during the run-through at a control training session before the start of the 3rd CIS Games. 


"What are you saving it all for?"

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And what advice did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and the Academy coaches give them? Find the answers to all your questions in the new video!



What mistakes did the group gymnasts make in the five-club routine?

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Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and coaches Irina and Alina Gusarova work on a new hoop routine for Veronika Malinina from St. Petersburg.

Creativity at the Academy!

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Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Ulyana Yanus from Omsk are assisted by the Russian national team Head coach Tatyana Sergaeva, the Alina festival choreographer Irina Zenovka, as well as coaches Irina Gusarova, Marina Drozd, and Evgeniya Eliseeva.

Gymnasts from the Sky Grace International Association are preparing to perform at the AEON Cup World Club Championships

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During a control training session before the III CIS Games, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Ekaterina Lots helped Karolina Tarasova practice her planché turn and the risk that follows. The gymnast worked especially hard on these turns, and executed them cleanly at the tournament in Azerbaijan.

The result of practicing the elements at the control training before the III CIS Games

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During the control training session, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina had problems with catching the hoop and with the jumping technique. This was noted by Academy coaches Alina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Laura Acosta from Mexico, and Alina Kabaeva suggested how to correct these shortcomings. 


Working on a risk and jumping technique with an Olympic champion

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The coach from Mexico and Evgenia Eliseeva helped Karolina Tarasova to correct her mistakes in the ribbon routine on the verge of the event in Azerbaijan. You will learn from our video, what pieces of advice they gave to her!


Laura Acosta proactively participates in preparations of our gymnasts for the CIS Games

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This is how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Academy group exercise gymnasts to work during the assessment training session on the verge of the CIS Games.

The gymnasts also got comments from judges Alina Gusarova and Ekaterina Lots during the training session. The professionals explained to the athletes what the value of their mistakes is and how they can be corrected.


"As a team, as a single mechanism"

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What notes did the Academy specialists give her? And how did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva help her practice her elements? Find out in our new video!

Karolina Tarasova with a hoop at a control training session

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Choreographer Natalia Belugina worked with the gymnast on it. Her student Asel Arapova from Kyrgyzstan and Academy coach Elizaveta Chernova also helped her develop the details of the routine.



What will Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow's new clubs routine look like?

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In group exercises, success depends on each gymnast. At the control training session during her clubs routine, Polina Zakharova's jeté en tournant was flawed. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noticed it and helped her refine it.


Let's take a look back at the preparations for the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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This continues the Olympic champion's conversation with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina about how apparatus quality can influence element performance.

What does it mean to have a feel for an apparatus?

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During a control training session before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina held the ball wrong, which would have resulted in deductions at the tournament. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pointed this out and helped Ksenia practice catching the ball with her feet.





A fragment of Ksenia Savinova's control training with a ball

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva shared it with Ksenia Savinova of Gatchina while working on the clubs routine before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. Coaches Evgenia Eliseeva, Olesya Kovaleva, and Ekaterina Lots also helped to add an accent to the transition.

The secret to a great jump

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Irina and Alina Gusarov, Ekaterina Lots, Olga Frolova, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Olga Minigalina worked on the details of St.Petersburg gymnast Mariia Borisova's clubs routine. During a control training session, they helped the athlete improve her pirouette and fouetté.



It's important for a gymnast to know what the value of individual elements consists of and how to improve them

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Anna Ustsova, Olga Frolova, and Alina Gusarova discussed all the details during a control training session for the Academy's group gymnasts before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

How to perform a fouetté in a group exercise without losing points?

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Academy group gymnasts training was held at the Academy with sports psychologist Evgeniya Kuzminova before the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. 

She advised the gymnasts on proper arm movement to enhance their routines. 

"There has to be total control!"

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This video was made before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, featuring Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Mariшa Borisova from St. Petersburg, coach Irina Gusarova, and other Academy staff. It's about the importance of continuing to work even past tiredness.

"That could happen, but it works"

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We continue sharing excerpts from Karolina Tarasova's ball training under the guidance of Olympic champion and coaches Ekaterina Lots and Evgeniya Eliseeva. We filmed the video before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

This time, Alina Kabaeva showed the Academy student how to properly execute a helicopter catch and explained how to cleanly twist a planche.

"This is how you need to work, and you'll see the results!"

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The Olympic champion knows that the key to success is a proper throw. This is precisely what Alina Kabaeva advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina to focus on during her training with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva.


What does a gymnast need to think about when performing a risky move?

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva, Ekaterina Lots, and Olesya Kovaleva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina calculate her score for her ribbon routine and also adjusted several elements. 


It's helpful for gymnasts to understand the value of elements and know what deductions are given

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There are situations when emotions take over, so gymnasts need to be able to manage them and stay calm.

This is exactly the advice Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg received from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova when she struggled with her ball return and dance routine.

Was Masha able to address all the criticisms in her next run-through? Watch in our new video!


Advice from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova

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As St.Petersburg gymnast Mariia Borisova did her ribbon routine, the Olympic champion drew attention to the risk that determines the tempo of the entire routine and advised the gymnast to be especially mindful of it.

Alina Kabaeva also reminded her that music helps her concentrate, and at the end of the session, she gave Masha and her coach, Irina Gusarova, some advice in anticipation of the upcoming competitions.


There are many subtle psychological aspects to practicing a routine

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During a control training session, the Olympic champion and coach Anna Ustsova helped the Academy's group gymnasts refine their five-hoop routine. An alternate gymnast Kira Pryn joined the team, and it immediately became apparent where the clarity was missing. What advice did Alina Kabaeva give the athlete? And how did the gymnast correct her mistakes? Find out in our new video!


Alina Kabaeva noticed that Kira Pryn wasn't completing some elements

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva talked with Karolina Tarasova about this and overcoming her own challenges. 

The gymnast made some mistakes in her ribbon routine, but thanks to her persistence and the support of her coaches, she overcame everything!
