Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation Yana Batyrshina shared in his Instagram account with archival pictures with a young cabarea. "The best gymnast in history for me is Alina Kabaeva," Yana signed a photo.
Batyrshina admits that they were very friendly with Kabay, they often spent time together, went to competitions and even lived together. According to the gymnasts, and from the first speech, Alina was a form that it would become a real star. Batyrshina even boasted that Kabaeva conquered the world of sports that the individual elements of the rhythmic gymnastics began to call it in her honor.
It was with the advent of Alina Kabayeva who began a new stage for this sport. People have become interested in them, he became more accessible. "Alina is one of the first athletes who came to the covers not only sports magazines, thanks to her, they began to shoot documentary films about athletes," says Batyrshina. Gymnast sincerely admired colleague and also noted that Kabaeva is an incredibly interesting, emotional and beautiful person.
Alina Kabaeva is a two-time world champion and a five-time European champion. Also, a Honored Master of Sports of Russia was a deputy of the State Duma.