Alina Kabaeva recalling lessons of her father, the football player, during a workout in the Academy

Alina Kabaeva explained to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region the importance of throwing the apparatus. And she demonstrated the right technique.

Watch complete with crowd support and a warm embrace from her coach, Elizaveta Chernova.

This marks the first international competition for the athletes from St. Petersburg. The gymnasts finished second at the Russian Championships, earned a spot on the National team's main roster, and received the opportunity to represent the country on the international stage.

One of Eva Kononova's classes with Olympic champion, Evgeniya Eliseeva, Olga Minigalina, and choreographer Irina Zenovka before the European Championship focused on ball rolling. Alina Kabaeva demonstrated how to work with this apparatus on the floor.

President of World Gymnastics Morinari Watanabe spoke at the event.

Sharing heartwarming episodes from the Rhythmic World Challenge Cup tournament.

This is how active Russian champion Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region was cheered on the first day of the Rhythmic World Challenge Cup in Beijing during her ball and hoop routines!

The Olympic champion emphasized that the rotational movements under the throw must be fast and that taking it easy on the floor is not an option.

At the training camp, our gymnast Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg took the opportunity to meet with figure skaters Taisiya Shcherbinina, Viktoria Dvinina, Pavel Astakhov, Polina Shesheleva, and Egor Karnaukhov, as well as water polo player Daria Klyueva and tennis player Zlata Terekhova.

In the first part, we'll show the gymnast working with Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva on artistic accents and exits after the jeté en tournant and the Raffaeli turn.

Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, along with special needs children from Kazan, sang the "The Very Most" song well-known to Alina Festival participants and spectators.

Continuing the lesson, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Olga Minigalina and Evgeniya Eliseeva drew the attention of Tyumen Region’s Eva Kononova to the technique of the planchet, fouetté, and twist.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained this in detail to Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region. Together with coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina and choreographer Ekaterina Belova, Alina Kabaeva analyzed the gymnast's mistakes and demonstrated the fouetté technique.

At the training camp in Kislovodsk, our gymnasts undergo procedures and get vitamins.

This time, the children with special needs and their parents visited Sochi Park, as well as the dolphinarium and circus.