Advice from Irina and Alina Gusarov: what to do if the music suddenly turns off during a performance?

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested adjusting this and explained how to do it effectively.

Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region, along with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and Olympic champions Alina Kabaeva and Evgeniya Kanaeva, adjusted the ribbon routine to perfect every element.

Alexandra Borisova from Moscow's routine for this apparatus is based on lines from Sergei Yesenin's poem The Birch tree. It combines both poetic and folk imagery.

Bronze in the hoop and silver in the ribbon!

This is explained to our gymnasts by the Olympic champion. Alina Kabaeva, along with Evgenia Eliseeva, guided Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina in the qualification of the Russian junior championship, and analyzed the mistakes after the performances.

These athletes, Yulia Chuvashova from Irkutsk, Valeria Gavrina from Krasnoyarsk, Veronika Solomatina from St. Petersburg, and Miroslava Monina from Penza, competed in the all-around hoop and ball qualification.

Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Irina Gusarova noticed that Alexandra Borisova from Moscow lacked emphasis after the fouetté.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Irina Gusarova suggested to Mariia Borisova how to play up the accent after the fouetté and make the moment more striking.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva noticed that Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region was not quite comfortable performing part of the ball routine.

Before the Russian Championship, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg properly distribute her strength in her ribbon routine.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva found it!

This was the topic of a training session for junior group gymnasts at the Academy with Kirill Barkan, the choreographer for the Russian National team.

During a training session at the Academy, Alina Kabaeva showed Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region how to enter a planche to save time. The gymnast got it right!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg how to add artistic details to her ribbon routine to give it even more expression.

During one of the training sessions ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the Olympic champion, along with coaches Elizaveta Chernova and Olga Minigalina, helped Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region adjust her ribbon routine to avoid losing points.