Kate Malinovskaya is a 12-year old girl in the author's class who is a very promising rhythmic gymnast with a future in the Olympics. She trains six days a week for 2-4 hours each session with the Russian national team. Kate has already achieved success, placing in the top 10 of several competitions and winning bronze medals. She works hard to balance her intense training schedule with schoolwork. The authors are proud of Kate and believe she will become one of Russia's best gymnasts.

1. A little girl with
great future
Анита и Камилла Шейх
6 «A» класс ГБОУ СОШ САО №1250

2. Rhythmic gymnastics is an
activity, which is very popular in
Russia. It is only for girls. In this
sport compete one sportsman or
teams. They appear with five
apparatus:
ball, ribbon, clubs, skippingrope, hoop or free (without
apparatus). Rhythmic gymnastics is
a sport that combines elements of
ballet, gymnastic and dance.
Russian national team is very
strong. Russian girls take part in
international competitions and
always win. The most popular
Russian gymnasts are: Alina
Kabaeva, Irina Chazhina, Evgeniya
Kanaeva, Dariya Dmitrieva and
others.

3. There is a future Olympic champion in
rhythmic gymnastics in our class. Her
name is Ekaterina Malinovskaya. She
is 12 years old. Looking at this fragile
little girl you can hardly say that she is
a very hard worker.
She has been doing gymnastics since
she was five. At first Kate attended
dancing classes. One day she was
watching TV and saw rhythmic
gymnastics competition. Kate was
really excited. She wanted to be like
them. Next day her mother found a
sport school and they invited Kate to
the casting. She had been anxiously
waiting for this day. And then it came.
She was absolutely happy when she
was admitted. At the beginning they
stretched and learned to perform
gymnastic elements. Her first
competition was on the 4th of April
2009 at Sport School number 74.

4. Today Kate attends training classes
six days a week. Every class lasts
from two to four hours. She trains
with Russian national team. Kate
admires the girls, their skills and
talent. She works very hard and
has already achieved serious
results.
Kate took part in different
competitions, twice at Sport School
number 74 where she was the
third. Also she went to Zvenigorod
and took part in a competition “
Zvenigorod star ”. She was the third
and then the sixth. There was also
a sport event at Dynamo Sport
Palace. Kate took a bronze medal.
No matter where she performs she
is always in top ten! There are a lot
of cups, medals and prizes at flat.

5. She works with four apparatus:
ball, hoop, skipping-rope and
clubs. She will perform with
ribbon very soon. This year she
will go to a training camp for two
weeks to another town. Also
Kate will pass on her CMS
exam in the near future. CMS
means candidate for master of
sport. After that she will pass on
her MS exam, which means
master of sport. Her idol is a
famous Russian gymnast
Leysan Utyasheva. But Kate
doesn’t want to be like her. She
wants to be herself. And it is
great.

6. Kate can combine sport
and school. It is very
difficult, because we
have a lot of homework
to do. Now her timetable
is:
 School
 Training classes
 Homework
 Sleep

7. We are very happy that
we have such an
amazing friend like
Kate. She is an
excellent example to
follow. We are really
proud of her and we
wish her a lot of
success in everything.
We are sure that in a
few years we will hear
her name among the
best Russian
gymnasts!