Four-time Olympic champion Alexey Nemov invites you to the Megasport Sports Palace on Khodynskoe Field. October 28 is the only day when current Russian athletes will appear in the same arena with programs put on for them by World, European and Olympic champions.

The names of the “mentors” of the project are known to everyone who cares about sports: Star of the Olympics in Atlanta and Sydney, two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina, talented gymnast, two-time Olympic champion in Sydney, Elena Zamolodchikova, World champion, multiple European champion, Laysan Utyasheva. The men's programs are prepared by a member of the star team Alexei Nemov, Nikolai Kryukov and the Bulgarian gymnast, participant in six Olympics, Yordan Yovchev. Also taking part in the show will be the only athlete in the history of gymnastics who took part in seven Summer Olympics Oksana Chusovitina, multiple World and European champion Ivan Ivankov and the current Russian gymnastics teams.

Artistic gymnastics is one of the most beautiful, spectacular and popular sports. And I believe that this can and should be shown not only within competitions, but also through shows such as “Legends of Sports. Climbing,” says Alexey Nemov. - The format of a theatrical sports performance allows us to attract a wider audience to popularize sports and a healthy lifestyle among children and adults. “Legends of sports. Ascension" is a unique project that involves more than 200 participants: stars of artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, acrobats, dancers, famous actors and musicians. Together we want to show the audience that our athletes are the standard of skill, perseverance and heroism. We want to inspire people; We would like to remind you that it is no coincidence that the domestic gymnastics school is considered one of the strongest in the world; that our country has something to be proud of.

The production unexpectedly combines complex elements of gymnastics, sports acrobatics, acrobatic rock and roll, trampoline, circus art and modern music. The entire show is structured so that any viewer can get the same experience from anywhere in the hall. Emotions from performances are formed not only by the skill of the performers, but also by the complex scenography and light and sound design. All the author’s ideas for the project are nothing more than the result of the dedication of a whole team of professionals, because “Legends of Sports. Climbing” is not a competition, but rather a theater of sport. In just one day, the champions do not find out who is the best on the apparatus, but show the capabilities of a person, the beauty and power of sport. This is precisely what many years ago became the main social message of any Alexei Nemov show.

Alexey Nemov’s show, it seems to me, helps children understand that sport is not only high achievements and medals, but also a beautiful art,” says Laysan Utyasheva. “This is a demonstration of the aesthetics and beauty of sports in a new format. For me, such events are important because they allow everyone to get together and see friends and colleagues. And, of course, participation in such a project encourages you to stay in shape! This year I am preparing a special performance for me, a fragment from my dance and theater show Bolero. This will be a Vogue issue and a stylized ribbon exercise.

As part of the show, master classes in artistic gymnastics for children will be held with the participation of great masters of gymnastic sports.

This year, Alexey Nemov’s show “Legends of Sports. “Ascension” will take place on All-Russian Gymnastics Day,” shared Svetlana Khorkina. - This is a great coincidence, since all of Alexey’s shows are not only bright productions, but also a truly sports festival that reminds the whole country of the heroes and legends of sports. Alexey manages to gather all his friends, colleagues, Olympic champions of various sports in one place, under one beautiful roof of the Megasport sports palace. Such a constellation of multiple Olympic champions and different sports certainly helps to attract the attention of children and youth to gymnastics and sports in particular. And this is one of the main tasks of this large-scale project. After all, we perform in order to popularize artistic gymnastics among the younger generation. And it seems to me that the continuity of generations of athletes is still very well traced in this project. The peculiarity of this show is that both already multiple Olympic champions and young winners and prize-winners of the World, European and Olympic Games take part in it. I think the topic of my speech will be precisely the continuity of generations, let’s say, but I won’t reveal all the secrets just yet. I can only say that this will be a performance on the carpet with a beautiful and interesting number.

Where: Sports Palace "Megasport",

m. "Dynamo",

Khodynsky Blvd., 3.

Ticket price: 500 - 3000 rub.

Alexey Nemov about his show with Laysan Utyasheva and Svetlana Khorkina “Legends of Sports. Rising”

Today, October 28 - All-Russian Gymnastics Day, the sports complex "Megasport" will host the gymnastic show "Legends of Sports. Rising", presented by four-time Olympic champion Alexey Nemov. In anticipation of the event HELLO! talked with the famous athlete.

Alexey, the hour for the premiere has come - are you worried?

It seems that I have one year of preparation in four. When I was training for the Olympics, I had a similar feeling. It’s all very difficult, but it makes it all the more interesting. It's a kind of overcoming yourself - to solve all the problems and make a great show. It's also a tribute to my sport.

Yes. Moreover, this holiday is coming of age: it is celebrated for the 18th year in a row. By the way, I want to say that “Legends of Sports” is a non-profit project. I didn’t become a coach, but I was able to find a different role for myself. Probably because I spent 23 years in the gym training on apparatus. For me, every show is something new, there are elements of acrobatics and circus art. But the main theme is always the same - gymnastics. We want to show all the beauty, aesthetics and power of this sport. After all, this doesn’t always work out at competitions, but this format of theatrical performance, like a show, allows us to reveal the skills of athletes and attracts people.

Before you, such projects have not been done in our country.

We started in 2006, when my friend Petr Tsanava said: “Let’s do a gymnastics show?” I was at the Olympics in Turin then and was very surprised: “Who will go to gymnastics? This is not figure skating.” The USA and Europe are one thing, Russia is another. But we still decided to try. When the show “Flights of Time” was first brought to the regions, we observed an interesting picture: at the first show the hall was half empty, but then word of mouth worked, and the next day there was nowhere for the apple to fall - so many people came. In some cities we left professional equipment and held master classes. And then we were happy to learn that after that the number of children involved in gymnastics there increased two to three times. It is very important.

Your show features athletes who have long since completed their professional careers - Svetlana Khorkina, Laysan Utyasheva. How does it feel to be back on the platform again?

Such performances give an incomparable charge of energy and positive emotions. It's incredible to see a full house again and feel the support of the audience. Of course, it is very difficult physically - to train, to remember the most complex elements... The pain in the muscles is incredible. But people are interested in looking at veterans, at those who performed then. (Smiles.) Therefore, we have to strain and work - we cannot let the viewer down.

Are you also training now?

Of course, I do exercises every day and go to the gym regularly. Sport is an integral part of my life. In addition, I speak to the guys at master classes and am going to show my performance on the show “Legends of Sports. Rising,” I need to be in shape.

How does your family feel about work?

He supports me in every possible way. Children from the age of five were engaged in gymnastics and received the necessary physical training base. Now they go to different sections, but not professional ones. I think this is normal. Everyone is free to choose what they like. Let it be swimming, dancing, music... The main thing is that the child has his own passion, a goal in life. My wife Galina is always there - she is my main assistant and adviser. In all projects. Negotiates with the media, invites guests. We try to do everything together.

In many interviews you talked about opening a gymnastics school. At what stage is this project?

"Nemov Center" will be built in Togliatti, my hometown. The architectural plan has already been prepared, and work is underway to prepare the land plot. The main feature of the center is that all classes will be visible directly from the street as a symbol of the fact that sport is an open and accessible environment. I think that in 2020 the Nemov Center will be able to accept its first students. We will hold master classes, training camps, competitions, and sports shows there.

Legendary gymnast, World champion, multiple European champion, wife of a comedian Pavel Volya Laysan Utyasheva is preparing an incredible gift for her fans - she will perform in the new show of four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov “ Sports legends. Climbing" Laysan’s performance will be a fragment from her dance and theater show “Bolero”. Premiere of the production “Legends of Sports. Ascension" will take place on All-Russian Gymnastics Day at the Megasport Sports Palace.

Laysan Utyasheva: “Alexey Nemov’s shows, it seems to me, help children understand that sport is not only high achievements and medals, but also a beautiful art. This is a demonstration of the aesthetics and beauty of sports in a new format. For me, such events are important because they allow everyone to get together and see friends and colleagues. And, of course, participation in such a project encourages you to stay in shape! This year I’m preparing a special performance for me, a fragment from my dance and theater show “Bolero.”

In addition to Laysan Utyasheva and Alexei Nemov in the show “Legends of Sports. Ascension” will feature a golden lineup of artistic gymnasts from different years: Star of the Olympics in Atlanta and Sydney, two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina, talented gymnast, two-time Olympic champion in Sydney, Elena Zamolodchikova, two-time Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina. The men's programs are prepared by Alexey Nemov's star team member, Nikolai Kryukov, and the Bulgarian gymnast, participant in six Olympics, Yordan Yovchev. Also taking part in the show will be the only athlete in the history of gymnastics who took part in seven Summer Olympics Oksana Chusovitina, multiple World and European champion Ivan Ivankov and the current Russian gymnastics teams.

In the photo: the legendary gymnast, World champion, multiple European champion (Photo: courtesy of the author)

In the photo: two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Khorkina during her performance (Photo: courtesy of the author)

Alexey Nemov: “Artistic gymnastics is one of the most beautiful, spectacular and popular sports. And I believe that this can and should be shown not only within the framework of competitions, but also through such shows as “Legends of Sports. Ascent." The format of a theatrical sports performance allows us to attract a wider audience to promote sports and a healthy lifestyle among children and adults. „Legends of sports. “Ascent” is a unique project that involves more than 200 participants: stars of artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, acrobats, dancers, famous actors and musicians. Together we want to show the audience that our athletes are the standard of skill, perseverance and heroism. We want to inspire people; We would like to remind you that it is no coincidence that the domestic gymnastics school is considered one of the strongest in the world; that our country has something to be proud of.”

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Show “Legends of Sports. Ascension » will take place on October 28 at the Megasport sports complex (Khodynsky Boulevard, 3). Tickets on the website www.parter.ru from 500 to 3,500 rubles.

A grand celebration of artistic gymnastics led by an Olympic champion Alexey Nemov“Legends of sports. Ascension" was held at the capital's Megasport arena.

Elena SOBOL
from Moscow

The holiday, organized by Alexey Nemov’s team, has already become a traditional autumn decoration for all gymnastics fans and not only. Every year something new appears in the vibrant show, but one thing remains unchanged - participation in the performance of former and current athletes, famous champions and young talents.

GYMNASTICS HOLIDAY IN “MEGASPORT”

And this year there were some pleasant surprises. Fans of rhythmic gymnastics were able to admire a fabulous composition with two ribbons performed by world champion Alexandra Soldatova. Two beautiful “Firebirds” were shown to the public by the leaders of the team, Dina and Arina Averina, and the team demonstrated their skills in group exercises. The legends in this sport were represented by Laysan Utyasheva with a dance and gymnastic number.

Spectators also saw jumping on a trampoline and acrobatic track, and aerial and sports acrobats performed. Couples danced breathtakingly vibrant acrobatic rock 'n' roll.

There were the most artistic gymnastics stars that evening - both current members of the national team and legends. Here are just a few names - Elena Zamolodchikova, Svetlana Khorkina, Maria Paseka, Angelina Melnikova, Elena Eremina, David Belyavsky, Nikita Nagorny, Ivan Ivankov, Yordan Yovchev, Oksana Chusovitina, Victoria Komova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.

The program culminated with the performance of Nemov himself, who was in excellent shape, on the horizontal bar.

INVEST ALL THE LOVE

The organizer of the show, Nemov, emphasized that the day for the performance was not chosen by chance.

“Sports and rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining, acrobatic track, acrobatics and acrobatic rock and roll - on All-Russian Gymnastics Day we united these sports in one arena,” he noted. – The production of this show takes six months, and the performance takes only one day. Since it is impossible to gather such a number of world sports stars for a long time, we specially selected a day so that everyone would be more or less free. The trick is that we have little stars performing, promising ones, those who today defend the colors of the flag and stand on the pedestal, as well as us who have long since left it, but still have something to show. Legends of sports, in particular gymnastics, were sitting in the hall. The number of children involved in gymnastics has almost doubled. This means that we are on the right track. I think that we are doing good things, passing on our experience to our current and future athletes.

One of the most impressive performances was by Svetlana Khorkina - it was as if she was living her story from childhood, watching the performance of young athletes.

“I put my soul and love for artistic gymnastics into the performance, I pay tribute to it, I love and continue to love my sport,” she said. – I have an important and responsible appearance on the platform - all this is to popularize gymnastics, a tribute to my favorite sport. My performance was with the kids, let them have the memory that we worked together on a beautiful show for the rest of their lives.

One of the legends of gymnastics, Uzbek athlete Oksana Chusovitina, emphasized the special atmosphere that was created at this show.

– We have been friends for a very long time, and when we get together at such a show, old memories come up, how we performed together, how we fought. This atmosphere energizes me for the whole year and gives me the energy to continue performing and show good results. I performed with my number at competitions, I have had it not so long ago - these are my floor exercises. But at shows I always worry a little more, because I really want to please the audience and show the beauty of gymnastics.

Show “Legends of Sports. Ascension" took place in Moscow. Photo sport-legends

RETURN OF MUSTAFINA

For Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina, Saturday evening was also important from the point of view of returning to big-time sports after the birth of her daughter. This was her first appearance on the platform; the athlete began training several weeks ago.

Mustafina noted that she expected a more difficult return to sports.

– Ever since that year, I’ve really loved this show because it attracts so many people to gymnastics! - she said. – The atmosphere between the participants is very good, absolutely everyone is charged with energy here. This is a very important step for my return - this is not a competition yet, but there is still responsibility. And now it’s very good to remember what it means to speak with responsibility, when people look at you, when you have only one approach.

– Which of the exercises was the most exciting?

– The most exciting apparatus in gymnastics is, of course, the balance beam. I haven’t done a super complicated program, but I can’t say that it’s completely easy. The beam was more difficult for me to do than the parallel bars.

– I don’t even want to evaluate it yet, until the New Year. In principle, the pace and amount of training I do is exactly the same as the girls. I'm just getting into shape for the difficulty.

– How do you find returning to sports?

– I was expecting that it would be much harder for me. In the end, it turned out that everything was not as difficult as I thought. Maybe just for now. I’ve only been training for two months, maybe it will be more difficult? My daughter helps me keep up with everything, sometimes I can’t imagine how I lived without it - I get so much done in a day!