Gymnasts of the South Ossetian Republican complex children's sports school will participate in the international children's gym festival "Alina", which will be held in Moscow on May 21. As IA "Res" has been informed by the information-analytical department of the Ministry of Education of South Ossetia, the young gymnasts and their coach Lyudmila Gabaraeva were personally invited by an organizer of the festival, a famous Russian gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
"The qualifying round of the festival was held in the city of Nizhnekamsk, and our gymnasts showed the highland dance that the judges liked very much. Two of the judges assessed highly the young athletes "- a spokesman of the Ministry of Education said. He noted that the South Ossetian team had also been awarded a special prize "For the original music." "Having succeeded, the South Ossetia team got the right for participating in the festival'' Alina'' 2012. One of the stages of preparation for a competition was held in North Ossetia and then the South Ossetian gymnasts went to the city of Zvenigorod, where they will be preparing for the festival. The new uniform will also be made for the athletes there "- he added. According to the Ministry of Education, representatives of South Ossetia for the third year have been succeeding in the international festival of rhythmic gymnastics "Alina".
