Olympic champion supports Karolina Tarasova in difficult moments of training

Warm wishes from the Academy gymnasts and coaches.

The athletes prepared the video together with their coach Elena Bogatova.

For Alina Kabaeva's birthday, preschoolers from the Academy free early development groups together with teacher Natalia Lobko painted a picture.

After watching the film, Academy students Elena Styushina from Ryazan and Darina Budnikova from Belgorod shared their impressions.

The stories are told by Diana Sysoeva and Amina Sharafutdinova from Ulyanovsk, Malika Timurshina from Kazan, Veronika Solomatina from St. Petersburg, Polina Semenova and Lena Styushina from Ryazan.

Earlier, the athletes took part in laying flowers at the Great Patriotic War memorial in the Southern Cultures Park.

Academy coaches continue to talk about their relatives who took part in the Great Patriotic War.

Sports psychologist and Academy coach share stories about the heroes of the Great Patriotic War that are preserved by their families.

Darina Budnikova from Belgorod, Liza Malashenko from Rostov-on-Don, Liya Rodionova from St. Petersburg and Kira Pryn from Krasnodar talk about the exploits of young heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory, Academy specialists talk about those who fought, worked in the rear and sacrificed everything for the sake of peace and future generations.

On the eve of May 9, athletes recall the exploits of young heroes who made a great contribution to bringing the Great Victory closer.

Kira Pryn, Alina Proshchalykina, Nicole Andronchik, Polina Zakharova, Karolina Tarasova, Malika Timurshina and Liya Rodionova talk about the exploits of their relatives.

And after the screening, Malika Timurshina, Polina Semenova, Karolina Tarasova, Amina Sharafutdinova and Diana Sysoeva share their impressions of the screening.

Daria Zimina reads David Bershadsky's touching work about the story of love in war.

Bronze busts of Lenya Golikov, Valya Kotik, Zina Portnova and Marat Kazei have been installed  next to the Young Naturalists pavilion at VDNKh.