The future of russian rhythmic gymnastics

[hannahmontana883]

great montage!!!

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

Russia wasn't doomed... Hello, Alina Kabaeva?

[seaberrydelight]

Russia was never doomed -:o i mean my dream is to be russian D:

[KARtotheINA]

@seaberrydelight omg i agree!

i speak russian well enough and my parents have arranged for one of my coaches to take me with her and her family when she goes to russia this summer. i will spend 2 months with her and her children and husband. i will train at a gym and become a MUCH imporoved gymnast for when i come home.

[MaJIaRElla]

Excellent video. Chosen a very beautiful moments of the exercises. Thanks for a great video =)

[thevictorsecret]

Evgenia is just the BEST of ALL the times...

[nechta86]

well, i don't think the gymnast from the past were bad.. come on!!! the time is going forward, everything is developing,,, it was always like that,,, by that period of time it was very creative and difficult. and now year after year, gymnasts getting stronger, and they're inventing something new, because nothing stops at one point. Who knows may be in 5 years someone else will make the video which will show present gymnasts and will say that there was no creativity at all? :S

[Hanly100]

russia wasn't doomed?

[iTzMeRocKI]

best ever anna bessonovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaa

[cocoye33]

2:36 and in red ? thanks

[aleRG94]

ekaterina donich :)

[aMAYSinglySweet]

that looks like evgenia kanaeva, but from a while back

[KajaRG]

No, it's Donich

[cocoye33]

who is the girl with clubs please ? 1:18

[aleRG94]

ksenia puzanova

[cocoye33]

thanks !

[SportySplitGirl]

wow!what anastasia nikitina is doing is..awesome!

i think my newest favorite gymnast will be sascha ermakova :)

[lashenova]

I remember watching this when you first made the montage...Good call on Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Kondakova!

[laUritmicalove3]

Only one year later you made this video, the gymnast at 00:46 is the best gymnast in the world. Only one year... And nobody trust her...

[marianocabugilala]

russia was always the best rg

[kakaroxox]

good video but its a bit mean to say Kabaeva had zero creativity? thats not true lol

[Larentiaa]

Great montage! 2:53 is a lot harder than it looks, not tht it looks easy to begin with :)

fab vid!

[rabacanna]

thanks this video!!!!! kaja

[dragonsgymnast]

Kaja, u always make such good videos! i dunno which is my favourite!

[masha5maria1965]

btw i don't remember russia ever ever being bad or non creative in rg they were always the best!

[seriex5]

who is the girl from the min. 1:37??? the blond one

[KajaRG]

Alexandra Solovyova :)

[GPRIXR]

I think it is Alexandra Soloviova, But i'm not sure! ;D

[fadstar14]

BTW the girl at 1:05 has extremely long legs O_o

[zibityyy]

Александра Соловьова is very beatiful =] she is wonderful =]

[edinuss]

I love this video

[sportyandpink25]

what's the name of this song ?

[fadstar14]

"What a feeling" By Irene Cara

[flipflop678]

It was wonderful the way the music got exciting when the video got happier!

[Swankdor]

They are sooooo good.. Anyone of them could replace Kanaeva and Kapranova and still contend for the gold medal..!!

[goldengymnast]

<3 ukraine does and always will<3 well mabey they are equal

[TatainaRG]

we'll see by the results of competitions...

[onlyRG]

unfortunately, the results of the competions can't valorize those who actually are the best...

[TatainaRG]

um yeah they can....

[Rowlina]

Hmm I think russan rg dancers are really good. And they take most of the championship medals XD (and i think that they have a really hard job to achieve everything they do!) but I think that sometimes they aren't really doing RG, but it feels like watching a circus show or something... They just feel way too flexible sometimes :/

But I still think they are really good!

[lexidexi]

yeah me too it's soo beautiful, graceful, and passionate.

[ProstoJean]

Now Evgenia Kanaeva is the present of RG ^_^

But I can't understand why Sessina is so bad... I think her routines are very nice)

[jeyzi]

She hasn't even competed in a world championships yet. She has a looooong career ahead of her.

Kanaeva is the future, unless Anna Bessonova, Inna Zhukova, and Olga Kapranova shape up a lot.

[taoxsempre]

uau is bautiful

[sn0wbunnny]

i like yana seledchik - what's going on with her?

[gymnastics1986]

Kaja... You are the best of all video makers ever!!!! Really big thank you about cool videos! KAJA YOU ARE THE BEST OF ALL!!!!! :*

[bcauseiamme]

kewl

[gymnastics1986]

Kaja you are the best!

[babyDimonT]

no sorry i disagree with that sayin russia was doomed omg luk at the past few years hu has been winning it certainly wernt GB coz they never go about things the right way and r so biased at judging its untrue britons get their true marks from internationals russia r the numba 1 in RG

[iheartrg11]

Not everyone of the older generation was bad... was Russia doomed with Yana Batyrchina, Oksana kostina, Ira Chaschina, Zarina Gizikova??

[1800nadia]

Who's the little girl in the red unitard with the clubs?

[ugottaluvem]

Ekaterina Donich.

[hazeamazin]

wouldn't saying that the russians were rubish offend them cause it would offend me if i was russian.

[PfirsichJogurth]

yeah, I'm self russian and I'm proud of it =)

[vicksgymnastics]

watch me do the splits

ps. good montage luv russia

[SariTsamon]

y would russians b doomed???

[MariaCaro95]

whoa behold the elastic bands

I thought Russia was always the best in gymnastics

[MagicCatt]

Their flexibilty is incredible

[rockinjelly]

they r all so so good but the trainin must b so hard and i guess u ave 2 start from a young age really?? r the coaches strict and harsh??

[ColombiasweetAngel]

how about Tchachina?!

[Zsacka]

Ira has already retired=( She is in past, but she was great.

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Hey, you put Alina twice in your list, in case you want to know. Great montage!

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

OK, I'm tired of making short comments-too short. So I'll say what I think is great: I love this song, it changes with the way the montage changes, just like your montage of The EC injustice. I like the new generation of gymnasts you added, they had style! The way I can tell if a routine has artistry or not is how I grow bored of an unartistic one and vice versa. And the Russians were going in the "Boring" list for me. Thank God for the new generation!

[SnickleBisons]

russians are the BEST rythmic gymnasts !

[Zsacka]

It is in their blood=) (ballet, gymnastics, dancing, ice-skating)

[diaamd]

The montage about Russian gymnasts is inspiring. Thank you so much, Kaja! You are creative! In my opinion, why don't you make a montage about Kirstie Bogetveit? It's only my idea.

-Hooby-

[nicoleteex]

Theres No Point In This Video, At The Start When You Were Talking About Them Being Doomed I Was Thinking, Wtf. Theres Nothing Wrong With Them. You Sad Bitch.

[xballerinadreamsx]

beautiful

their limbs are sooo long, almost unnatural :)

[MagicalTweety]

hi, may i noe what is the title of this song pls?

[EmoSkate4Eva]

great vid!

[boxingtiger08]

u don't know anything about Rgymnastics Kaja RG YOU SUCK!!!

[KajaRG]

Hahahaha! Actually I know quite a lot, being a national team gymnast myself.

[aMAYSinglySweet]

@KajaRG national team gymnast? tell me more, because i dont believe you.

[crazyRGfangurl]

@KajaRG seriosly? u been in national team? cool

[melimunchh]

@KajaRG cool, i didnt know u were a gymnast. are there videos of urself on youtube?

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Kaja knows.......hhhhhmmmmmm.....le­ts see..... almost everything about RG.

[TheSassyQueen]

This is mean, Russian Rgymnasts were never doomed. Maybe Kabaeva isn't as great as she used to be because she's put some weight on, but there's still Irina Tchachina and Anna Bessonova...of course that this generation is a new and fresh and talented one, but still, don't say that Kabaeva or Tchachina are over, because they are the real queens of RG...

[KajaRG]

1 Bessonova is not Russian

2 Chaschina is retired

3 The reason why I used the word 'doomed' is because the the current generation of Russian gymnasts, with Kapranova etc, have such uninteresting routines and make so many mistakes...

[iolebebe]

Sorry but Bessonova IS in a sort of way Russian because she trained with the Russian school...and Tchachina is not retired, you can look on her website and see.She announced she will retire but then she decided she should come back at Beijing.Kabaeva retired completely.Please try to live up to your nickname if you decide to make such comments.

[iolebebe]

Sorry but Bessonova IS in a sort of way Russian because she trained with the Russian school...and Tchachina is not retired, you can look on her website and see.She announced she will retire but then she decided she should come back at Beijing.Kabaeva retired completely.Please try to live up to your nickname if you decide to make such comments.

[ugottaluvem]

HAHAHA! You sad, sad person. Bessonova trained at the russian school, WTF? She is Ukrainian to the bone, her mother competed in the UKR group and her father was a famous football player in Ukraine! Chaschina is definitely not coming back at all, she is retired and is working on her own projects now. Kabaeva made an official statement that she retired yesterday.

[ugottaluvem]

Anyway, Kaja is by far the most knowledgable 16-year-old I've ever come across when it comes to both Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics, and is one of the most valuable posters online in both sports. She's a very smart person and you have no business trying to insult her!

[rhythmicgymnast11]

i love all your videos!!!!! great job!

[Lyssenk0]

Can you give me the names of some of those gymnasts, so I can look them up? Some of their turns are epic!

[KajaRG]

Check out the video description ;)

I recommend Kanaeva, Guseva, Ermakova and Kondakova!

[halodance707]

this is almost nasty!THEY R FLEXIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fernandamarques11]

Bom...Eu tbm sou uma ginasta!!!!!

[zzlove2010]

i luv this video so much russians r the best!!! :)

[DollFaceHottie]

Umm... no they are not right now the best in the world is shawn johnson and she is so not russian because if she was she would look like shit

[masha5maria1965]

rg stands for rhythmic gymnastics 4 ur information!

[oinasonarmas]

What's the name of that song ?

[Balendula]

Irene Cara- What A Feeling (from flashdance)

[xxdirtylittlesecretx]

the one in thw white has such beautiful long legs

[sov195195]

i think alina kabaeva is one of the best gymnasts ever and i think she hadnt any poor routines...

[xoybmauh92]

russian is the best of the best

[JCN27]

nice video- but the start is just a little harsh...

[Lakers540]

I love your video, Kaja :) You're THE BEST

[Tchachinababy]

Very good video, I envy you that you have brainwaves like this.

[emotiondoll]

Simplesmente, Perfeitas!

[xoCl41r3ox]

it's beautiful and " gracieux " !!! (i don't now what is the english for " gracieux " ^^)

[problemchild1o1]

Gracieux in English is Graceful.

[Jaahja]

Shit! Wow, that´s quite an improvement since I last used to wath this sport. Wow! Their flexibility is unbelievable! The perfection needed to do some of those exercises means hard training for years and years..

[englishgymnast]

woww great video!! thanks:D

[problemchild1o1]

I have a question for you, KajaRG.

Are you yourself a Rhytmic Gymnast or do

you just like to watch other people doing

it?

[KajaRG]

I am a gymnast.

[Karime18]

Hey Leave Alina Kabaeva alone! I don't care if you are a gymnast have respect for the others as well. You wouldn't like it if people were saying that you are not a promising gymnast so take it easy is not like you are number 1 or something. And if you do think that you are way conceited man!

[cochranes]

They are so good!

I used to do rhythmic for 5 years but badly hurt my leg:-[

I was no where near this!!!!!

[HanaeKasuse]

I did it to for about 4 years but the we moved to another town and I had to quit t_t

Compared to this I was...bad xD

[KajaRG]

Hm, I haven't seen that video you're talking about. But the girl who was abused for alledgedly having eaten a piece of candy, is Russian and her name is Anzhelika (nickname Anzhela).

[KajaRG]

Yes, I have heard. But I have chosen to give Kanaeva the benefit of the doubt as it seems the mother only outed her on a talkshow to get even more publicity for the case (it was already all over the press).

[gymspasticmee17]

WOW there amazzing i did rythmic 4 a year and was about to start compotitions but i also did competitive WAG and i liked it better so i had to choose 1 but i choose WAG...i think these ladies are amazzing though

[PiNkRaSsBeRii]

very good one day im going to be like that i hope!! =]

[saritamesuena]

very good!!

[Lakers540]

Please, write to me ... What is name at this song ???? See You :)

[KajaRG]

"What a feeling" from Flashdance.

[Lakers540]

Thanks you very much :):) Seeeee you :p

[diaamd]

This montage was too great, Kaja!

-Hooby-

[Lakers540]

How is name at this song ????

[Peacecharm]

Its funny how the majority of the last names end in a 'A'

[KajaRG]

Well, that's simply because they are russian and this is how it works woth names in Russia!

For instance if your father's name is Vladimir Bessonov (like with Anna), your name will be (Anna) Vladimirovna Bessonova.

[Lakers540]

Hi !! It serve title of this song. Please ... See You :-)

[KajaRG]

Yes, I know. But she was never really a contender for Patras anyway. Too bad cause I love her.

[Lakers540]

Is what title of this song ? They let's answer me ! Thanks :):)

[antbryant1]

These Women are INCREDIBLE :)

[Anoollka]

cool! I love it!

[5KAT]

This whole clip is amazing, but that sit spin at 2:50 is SICK...it is like she is skating- one of the most difficult that I have seen.

[ralucagymnast]

I completely agree with you-I cannot even begin to explain just how difficult that is. Its almost impossible-that should give you some idea of its difficulty!!!

[ibm650]

I'm no gymnast but having done some weight workouts I realize that a one-legged squat is an infernally difficult movement, even if you aren't spinning, holding batons aloft and trying to look graceful. Anyone who thinks these women are underfed wimps should try a one-legged squat some time. Just as a one-armed pullup is nearly impossible (though most who try can manage a two-armed pullup), so for the squat.

[sov195195]

you make amazing videos!! rhythmics is not easy, ... and tihs one i only can say RESPECT AND THANK YOU FOR US THOSE PERFECT CLIPS!!

[silhuetti]

Who's the girl in 3:00 and 3:06?

[KajaRG]

Anastasia Nikitina. Born in 1991.

[Dadik1]

1.27 and 1.37- Alexandra Solovieva

[vinderorm]

alina kabaeva is the best! and she was creative

[abutulija]

yeah right, what sort of medicines do you take, creativity seeing inhibitors? she was all over the place and all she did was, bassicaly, bend her back nothing more... and smile, a lot

[brendayap93]

errmm.. may i knoe who is the girl in 1.27 n 1.37?

[Onubns]

wow i want gimnastic rithmic i am boy and i am gymnaste

[Halloweenalbino]

So out of curiosity..was Irina Viner a world champ gymnast? I mean I know that she's head coach in Russia but was she actually a great gymnast herself? I cant find any information on her! Do you know?

[ProstoJean]

Anorexia - is an illness when girl refuse the meal. This girls don't refuse the meal, they only have to keep proper weight. Moreover some gymnasts (Kapranova for example) eat everything they want.

[Mourmaline]

Oh Kaja, your montage is fantastic! I can never get enough of them.

[Mourmaline]

Who's the girl in 1:27?

[KajaRG]

It's Sasha Soloviova. See the video description for a full list of gymnasts included! :)

[gymnastics91]

and not ALOT of gymnasts go aneroxic as you say:|..like rhythmicutie says there just fit..and your jealous..these kids work hard ot be as good as they are

[rhythmicutie]

they aren''t even close to being anorexic.. they're fit.. and you're just jelous you can''t do any of that.

[Piukkulintu]

Thanks for information. :)

[Piukkulintu]

Could you say whos where and when? I don´t know all of these gymnasts...

[KajaRG]

OK, I'll write order of performance in the video description.

[bananajuices]

LMAO. yeah, right. as strong as ANY male athlete. don't give me that bullshit. please. oh, and just to let you know, lots of girls who overtrain in gymnastics become anorexic. i hope you let these poor girls eat. god, they're so skinny i feel like crying. so sad.

[bananajuices]

it looks like they're going to have some sore muscles when they're older.i feel bad for them when their old grannies and have aching bones and shit.

poor them.

[KajaRG]

Well, gymnasts from the past who are now in their fourties do not have problems. And they were not nearly as physically fit and strong as the gymnasts of today. We have 12 year old girls in this video who are as strong as male athletes of practically any sport!

[bananajuices]

sweet jesus.

how do you DO THAT?

their spinal cords will break at any moment.

[KajaRG]

No they wont. You might not think so but gymnasts do as much conditioning and strenghtening work as stretching. Their backs are fine.

[kirstieeej]

Really very nice Kaja! I love the music change at the beginning of the montage it's great! The younger Russians are amazing :D Thanks for the vid =]

[waddlepengu]

where is this music from??

[mezilane]

amazing video..amazing gymnasts..

[therasmuslover]

you`re so damn right!

[ikkaris14]

I'm completely speechless... your montages are absolutely amazing. Bravo... Brav-freaking-o....

[rhythie94]

wow! the part in the begining where they have 0 creativity...welll, i still cant do my stuff nearly as well as that.

Nice montage, i like it.

[KajaRG]

Well, the thing is it's quite a difficult skill, but these girls do it over and over again, so it becomes boring!

[KajaRG]

Too bad, however, that youtube disorts the synchronization of music and image so that the video doesn't fit exactly to the music..

[FaerieDevilish]

Yep, but don't worry - to me, it looks like the distortion is brief.

[hollyRGfan]

Great!!! (though personally I'm not keen on the music track, but hey, so what!!) - another FANTASTIC montage!!!!!!

[KajaRG]

Hehe, well in fact it's not my favourite either but I needed something fun and upbeat with a slow start, so.. :)

Thanks, though!

[FaerieDevilish]

They are the hope for the future indeed!