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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.

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!

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.

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!

During the ball routine, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva praised Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg for her fast pace, but emphasized the importance of maintaining concentration until the end. Together with coach Irina Gusarova, they taught Mariia how to stay focused even in the most challenging moments.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded Academy student Karolina Tarasova of that after the unsuccessful run-through.

An athlete’s program should be composed in such way so that to highlight all her advantages and not to forget elements with the high score at the same time. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva emphasized that for coach Evgenia Eliseeva and Academy professionals after the run-through of Ksenia Savinova of Gatchina.

At a control training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained the appropriate approach to training. She advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, to work on the quality of their run-throughs and learn to give their best here and now, just like at competition.

Learn what Maria Borisova chose in the new video from the control training session with the Academy coaches and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

This time Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina to find a variant of more eye-catching preparation for the risk.

Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg made several mistakes in the ribbon program at the assessment training session. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast how these little faults should be perceived in order to cleanly complete the remaining part of the exercise.

To have the risk always ended with the catch, it is important for a gymnast to know specificities of its execution technique and not to give up when having the first failure. During a workout with Karolina Tarasova, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed nuances of ribbon handling to the gymnast and explained why there should be no relaxation after the loss.

After Karolina Tarasova's unsuccessful run-through, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva found the right words: she said it's important to look for the positive in everything and continue to work on yourself.

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Mariia Borisova suffered two losses in the ball routine during the first run-through at the assessment training session at the Academy. The Olympic champion cheered the gymnast up and said that upsides should be looked for in everything and the work should be completed to the end. Masha listened to words of Alina Kabaeva, braced herself and performed the program without mistakes, having deserved applause by that.