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Way to success

Rhythmic gymnastics has been officially included in the Olympic Games since 1984. Gymnasts first presented their routines in Los Angeles. And it was there that Canadian Lori Fung became the first-ever Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics.



"The Way to Success." Lori Fung

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We asked the only two-time Olympic champion in the individual program of all time to talk about the most important stages of her sports career and the people who helped her to achieve success at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025. 


"The Way to Success." Evgenia Kanaeva

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Nutritionist's advice

Nutritionist Anna Turusheva talks about a recipe for a healthy alternative to French fries. And the Academy chef shows how to cook this delicious side dish — baked potatoes.

Cooking with Nutritionist. Baked Potatoes

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We learned more about her story at the Sky Grace Cup International Tournament and Beijing Top Open 2025.

Exclusive interview with Lori Fung, the first-ever Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics

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Academy Life

We invite gymnasts born in 2012 to join the junior team, and gymnasts born in 2010 and older to join the senior team.



Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy is recruiting for its group exercises teams

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Having won gold medals in the individual all-around at the Olympic Games in Beijing and London, Evgenia Kanaeva became a legend of Russian sports and an example for generations of young gymnasts around the world. 


Exclusive interview with Evgenia Kanaeva, the two-time Olympic champion

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Opinion

The new Academy coach spoke about the importance of working on specific muscle groups and the need for such training.

"Our goal is to make the body functional and stable." Ivan Goncharenko, the Academy specialist, talks about the new class format

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Workouts

The athletes came to prepare for the first competitions of this season.

A training session of the Academy gymnasts took place in Novogorsk

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The athlete is currently at the Academy on probation and is practicing with coach Elizaveta Chernova.

Alisa Shunina from Volgograd told about the selection at the Academy

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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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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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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova told Alexandra Borisova from Moscow about that at the workout in Novogorsk.

How to proficiently make a pirouette to standing split, properly appoach a pivot and control spin?

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The Olympic champion debriefed mistakes together with the gymnast from Moscow and she managed to perform the element as it should be!

Alexandra Borisova is working with Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova on the correct execution of the backward pirouette

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At a workout in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva advised the gymnast from the Tyumen Region to start with the basics — with standing up. 

Alina Kabaeva advises Eva Kononova and her coach Evgenia Eliseeva to learn the pirouette in the backward balance

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They exactly determine the skill and the level of a gymnast. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva focused the attention of Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region and coach Evgenia Eliseeva on that during the workout in Novogorsk.

Proper technique and cleanliness in performing elements are of utmost importance

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For such an effect, athletes must remember the continuity of movements. We show how Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region worked on the quality of the ribbon exercise together with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina.

Have you noticed how some gymnasts' performances look as a whole?

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During one of the training sessions in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested to Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg what associations should arise when conveying the image in the new program with the ball.

"You seem to love, but you are also afraid"

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Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova noticed at a workout in Novogorsk that Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg pauses before the helicopter after performing the risk.

Adding continuity to the hoop exercise together with the Olympic champion!

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There, Alina Kabaeva met the director of the Novogorsk Educational and Training Center Alexander Ryabov and coaches of the Russian trampoline national team Alexei Ryzhkov and Raisa Belikova.

Olympic champion is at the training base in Novogorsk!

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During the training session at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region to feel the rhythm of the ribbon exercise and prompted coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina how to practice movements while counting.  


During the performance, the gymnast needs to listen to the music and move in rhythm, as in the dance.

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested Sasha Borisova of Moscow and her coach Irina Gusarova making the club catch after the risk more difficult at a joint workout in Novogorsk.

A task for Alexandra Borisova from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pointed this out to Alexandra Borisova from Moscow. Together with coach Irina Gusarova, they worked on increasing the risk difficulty in the routine with clubs.

Constantly trying and looking for interesting solutions — such an approach helps gymnasts to fully realize their capabilities

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To keep stretching in each element - this advice was given by the Olympic champion to Alexandra Borisova from Moscow during a training session with clubs. Alina Kabaeva and Irina Gusarova explained to the gymnast how she can improve the execution of the pivot and risk.

The exercise looks more graceful when the gymnast works with long arms and legs

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This is what Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva focused on with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region and her coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina during their joint work on the ribbon exercise. 

Accents are met when the gymnast hears the music well

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During a joint training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches of the Academy Evgenia Eliseeva and Olga Minigalina worked out an interesting skill with a ribbon with Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region. 

The skill in the exercise is an opportunity for the gymnast to show her originality and skills

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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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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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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!

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"The Way to Success." Lori Fung

"The Way to Success." Evgenia Kanaeva

Cooking with Nutritionist. Baked Potatoes