It looks as if Gideon Sam, South Africa's Olympic chief is teaching Ekaterina how to coach!Gideon Sam, president of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, made a surprise visit to Golden Lions Gymnastics to witness Ekaterina Kalinina, visiting Russian choreographer, at work. He was so impressed the Russian… Continue reading →

                Lareen Louw and Claudia Havenga received a new Balance routine today and afterwards Ekaterina visited Carnival City Casino on the East Rand and had Sushi with a great friend of Golden Lions Gymnastics, Nic Anicic, MD of Anicic Heavy Engineering. On her way… Continue reading →

                        Pretty Russian gymnastics choreographer, Ekaterina Kalinina, arrived and will spend the next month at Golden Lions Gymnastics in Newlands, Johannesburg, assisting South African champions Matome Tshishonga, Natalie Friesling and the other top gymnasts composing new routines for them.… Continue reading →

South African Age Group champions Caitlyn Kelly and Cheslyn Glade were invited to Gabrovo 2010, an international event in Bulgaria. “We have decided to raise funds in order to end these two promising young acro gymnasts to Bulgaria in May,” Wessel Oosthuizen, club owner said. According to their coach, Natalia… Continue reading →

A week before their departure to the 2009 Warsaw Cup in the Polish capital, Natalie Friesling broke her elbow in a freak accident during a training session “It would have been their final competition as juniors and we were all devastated,” Natalia von Willigh, their coach said. She said that… Continue reading →

A young Russian choreographer will arrive in South Africa next week to spent a month with Golden lions Gymnastics in Johannesburg to assist South Africa’s top gymnasts preprape for the2010 World championships. Ekaterina Kalinina comes from Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania. “At the moment it is… Continue reading →