European champion holds aerobics lesson for young athletes in Kazan

European 1,500 m indoor champion Anna Alminova on Tuesday in Kazan held a master class for a Russian track-and-field competition Hobnails for the Young.

Over 100 senior-age competition participants attended the master class. All of them were given logotyped T-shorts from the sponsor.

Before the class Anna Alminova said only the confident and strong got lucky. The champion showed the young audience some warm-up aerobic exercises and a dance lesson with stretching elements.

“You can sometimes use this routine, not to get bored,” she said.

“You are the best, whatever the competition ends in tomorrow,” Alminova told the young athletes. “Everything begins here, at Hobnails for the Young. I many times participated in the tournament and, by the way, not always successfully.”

The European champion presented gifts to the master class’s most active participants. Everyone could approach Anna after the class, to take pictures and get an autograph.