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MA Academy

How did the year of 2025 evolve for the athletes? How do they start the new season and for what competitions are they preparing? Honored Coach of Russia and senior coach of the national team Konstantin Filosofenko told us.


Senior coach of the national team Konstantin Filosofenko tells about the Russian national judo team's training sessions

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Workouts

Such approach is the key to stability when performing. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva reminded Eva Kononova of the Tyumen Region about that. They worked on details when performing the risk in the ribbon exercise together with the gymnast.


Academy gymnasts are learning to make each and every element of the routine to the clean performance at workouts

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We take a look at training sessions under the guidance of coaches Ekaterina Lots, Elizaveta Chernova and Elizaveta Zorkina to learn what the girls are working on. 



Preschoolers from free early development groups of the Academy start the year with interesting exercises!

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Academy Life

The program comprised dance routines inspired by the culture of the peoples of the world.


Academy gymnasts visited the concert of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseyev

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Competitions

Malika Timurshina and Elina Khabirova will perform in their home city of Kazan from January 21 to 23. 

Academy gymnasts will take part in the championship of the Republic of Tatarstan

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After the New Year holidays, the preschool gymnasts returned to training and developing lessons.

The Academy's youngest gymnasts started training

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Way to success

Alexandra Timoshenko competed in the 1988 Olympic Games and finished third, and won Olympic gold in 1992. At the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025, we asked her to talk about her path in sports and share her key thoughts on doubts, motivation, and responsibility.


Exclusive interview with Alexandra Timoshenko, 1992 Olympic champion

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2000 Sydney Olympic champion, world champion, and three-time European champion Yulia Barsukova is the next focus in our series of exclusive interviews that we recorded at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025


Exclusive interview with Yulia Barsukova, 2000 Sydney Olympic champion

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We could not miss the opportunity to talk to the Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025. The result is the exclusive interviews about the path to the main victory, willpower and overcoming of difficulties.


Exclusive interview with Linoy Ashram, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics champion

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Opinion

A gymnast from the Novosibirsk Region recently joined the Academy's team.

Arina Kovshova talked about moving to the Academy and her immediate plans

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The gymnast told how the adaptation goes and what goals the athlete sets for herself.

"I'd really like to see through all the plans I've made for myself." Varvara Toporova — about moving to the Academy

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The performance took place at the Sirius Concert Center.

The Academy group exercises team attended the The Nutcracker ballet

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Good wishes on International Choreographer's Day from the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy and the Sky Grace International Association.

Happy International Choreographer's Day!

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Lightness during the exercise performance makes a gymnast more gracious. Owing to that, the athlete’s routine starts to stand out amid the rivals. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva worked exactly on this feeling of airiness with Eva Kononova of the Tyumen Region. Watch our video to learn how the dance steps evolved after their pieces of advice!


"You should be airy entirely, like a meringue"

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During the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest in Sirius, Alisa Shunina from Volgograd was noticed by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. Alisa is currently on a trial period and training with coach Elizaveta Chernova.

We continue to monitor the progress of new gymnasts at the Academy

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Alexandra Timoshenko competed in the 1988 Olympic Games and finished third, and won Olympic gold in 1992. At the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025, she talked about her path in sports and shared her key thoughts on doubts, motivation, and responsibility.


"The Way to Success." Alexandra Timoshenko

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Sky Grace

Gymnasts and other athletes, dancers and musicians from different countries took part in the show.

TV version of the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025 gala show

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2000 Sydney Olympic champion, world champion, and three-time European champion Yulia Barsukova is the next focus in our series of exclusive interviews that we recorded at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025.

"The Way to Success." Yulia Barsukova

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An exclusive interview about the path to the main victory, willpower and overcoming of difficulties with Linoy Ashram, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics champion.

"The Way to Success." Linoy Ashram

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We're showing the junior group dance classes under the guidance of coach Anna Ustsova.

New video from the Academy

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The gymnasts warmed up, worked on their stretching, and began working with apparatus.

This is how one of the first training sessions of the year took place at the Academy!

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We're sharing footage of the athletes' return!

Want to see how the Academy welcomed its gymnasts back after the New Year holidays?

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We asked preschoolers in early development groups what the holiday season couldn’t start without and what they would give Father Frost as a present. Anastasia Dieva, Polina Pakhomova, Pelageya Penskikh, Ksenia Berest, and Lucia Mamisheva answered.


New Year holiday through the eyes of the youngest gymnasts!

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We spoke with the father of Kirill Kravchenko at the open judo competition of the Multidisciplinary Gymnasium of the Sirius Federal Territory. Ilya Kravchenko talked about believing in his son, the necessity of competitive experience, and the importance of parental support in our new video.

Interview with the father of a young judoka from the Martial Arts Academy

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We asked young judoka and their parents during open workouts at the Academy of Martial Arts not only to talk about the training session, but also to summarize the departing year. Olesya Ermishina and Maxim Ermishin, Madina Yunusova, Solomon Aliev and Aisha Alieva, as well as Dmitry Dubrovsky talk about it.


"They love their coach very much, it is worth a lot!"

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A real fashion show from our girls, heartfelt words of gratitude, and a gift for Alina Kabaeva from Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow, all in our new video!

Want to know what the Olympic champion gave the Academy gymnasts for New Year's?

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Both young athletes from the Martial Arts Academy and their parents enjoyed the competition. After the competition, Anatoly and Matvei Matveyev, as well as Zakhar Kukin and Samvel Gevorkyan, spoke about the importance of competitions at this level and their goals in sport. 


Viewers of the international Battle of the Cities tournament share their impressions

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What did they learn during training? And what do they remember about the New Year's tree? Sambo wrestler Ruslan Chicherov and judokas German Dubrovsky and Kirill Ivanov told us about all this.


What was 2025 like for the young athletes at the Martial Arts Academy?

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Just look at how many festive performances the preschool girls and students of the Academy prepared!

Time to find out what the New Year party was like at the Academy!

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After the New Year party, we learned from Liya Rodionova from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Malika Timurshina from Kazan, Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region and Sofia Vorobyeva from Moscow how this year went for them and asked them to name the most memorable events. 

The Academy gymnasts sum up the results!

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The Academy recently began selecting gymnasts for the group exercises. In a new video, we talked with a participant in the selection for the senior team — Sofia Bobrik from Zhukovsky.

"Strive, work in concert and set an example!"

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva thanked all the coaches, gymnasts, medical staff, tutors and chefs that were part of the Academy in 2025, and congratulated them on the upcoming New Year!

"Thank you very much for your work!"

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Do you want to know what was the atmosphere airing in the training hall after the party? Be quick to watch our video!

The New Year party presented the good mood to Academy gymnasts and coaches!

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They also appreciated progress of their daughter Polina over this year of studies at the Academy.

Victoria and Ivan Pakhomov shared their impressions of the New Year party with us

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Virsavia Mishchenkova and Ulyana Khudyakova, the preschoolers from free early development groups, told us about that. Let’s look at the festival program as the girls saw it!

What our young gymnasts like the New Year for? And why do they enjoy performing?

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At the end of the New Year party at the Academy, a surprise of the balls awaited the participants!

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On the eve of the New Year, the large team of the Academy congratulated everyone who helps to develop rhythmic gymnastics. 

"We want to congratulate all those who watch us, who follow us, who cheer for us"

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Match TV Program

This new episode is dedicated to the results of the Hopes of Russia tournament in Yekaterinburg.

Match TV program. Episode 107

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What the participants in the New Year concert received? Eliza Polegaeva and Polina Pakhomova show that.

Traditional unpacking of a present!

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The group gymnast decided to go back to Nizhny Novgorod. She missed her parents terribly and made a choice to live in her hometown. Before leaving, the gymnast left a gift for the Olympic champion. She made a book containing her most treasured photos from her time competing.



A gift from Polina Zakharova for Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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Dmitry is the winner of the 2025 St. Petersburg Junior Championships in the +90 kg category under 18, and Maxim is the silver medalist of the 2025 St. Petersburg Championship in the -60 kg category under 21. The athletes told how the day of competition turned out, what they like judo for, and what the philosophy of this sport is. 


Dmitry Solomykin and Maxim Ermakov talk about their contribution to the team's overall victory in the quarterfinals of the Battle of Cities tournament

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Why did they decide to participate in the selection? What goals do they set for themselves? And what do they love about the group exercise? Margarita Grigoryeva from Krasnodar, Anastasia Perepechenova from Kazan, Vladislava Gaivoronskaya from Voronezh, Alexandra Ponomaрева from the Rostov Region, Anastasia Mikhaleva, Maria Lobeiko and Maria Kuznetsova from Moscow, Kira Kopteva from the Moscow Region, Alina Chistyakova from the Arkhangelsk Region and Alisa Kirpicheva from St. Petersburg tell us.


We get to know closer the gymnasts who came to the selection for the junior group exercise team of the Academy!

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Very soon we will find out what festive performances our youngest gymnasts have prepared. In the meantime, let's take a look at the rehearsal! 



The traditional New Year party at the Academy is getting closer!

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Take a look at how 1996 European Champion Anna Ustsova greets athletes from different cities. 

Academy junior group exercises team new member audition

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The Olympic champion greeted the participants in the creative process that has taken shape at the Academy in recent days and thanked the choreographers for their work with our gymnasts.

"It's such joy when you can create!"

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At the Russian Cup, we spoke with Milana Fedulkina and Maria Dmitrieva from Moscow, as well as Alina Galochkina from Vladimir.

"Don't stop, keep going towards your goal!"

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Ruslana Varlakova and Alina Chipizubova, along with the 2018 girls' competition winner, Miss Grace Polina Pakhomova, unboxed the gifts especially for our subscribers. 

What gifts did the young gymnasts receive after the mAlinka tournament?

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The gymnast competed in the 2020 group and won the title of Miss Grace. The young athlete shared if she enjoys training, who helped her prepare for the competition, and who supported her before her performances.


Interview with Ruslana Varlakova at the mAlinka tournament

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The Academy's gymnasts, along with the participants in the group exercises team tryouts, attended a holiday decoration making workshop and wrote and sent letters to Father Frost.

Video

Senior coach of the national team Konstantin Filosofenko tells about the Russian national judo team's training sessions

Academy gymnasts are learning to make each and every element of the routine to the clean performance at workouts

Preschoolers from free early development groups of the Academy start the year with interesting exercises!