The only athlete in the world who managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records at the age of 15 was Russian gymnast Alina Kabaeva. She won the title of world champion in rhythmic gymnastics 4 times. Alina has achieved success in sports, politics, show business. You can learn more about it from this article.
Athlete's childhood
In 2015, Alina turned 32 years old. She celebrates her birthday on May 12th. A girl was born in the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, in a family of athletes. Kabaeva Alina is a child who has been present at the sports matches of her father, football player Marat Vazykhovich, since childhood. Alina's dad Marat Kabaev played for the Pakhtakor team and won the title of champion of Kazakhstan in 1993. Mom Lyubov Mikhailovna played for the basketball team, so Alina was familiar with all the attributes of the life of athletes from an early age. Kabaeva Alina is not the only child in the family, she has a younger sister, Lisana. The sports future of the girl was predetermined in advance. The family considered two areas in which Alina could develop - this is figure skating and gymnastics. But due to the fact that there are no good areas for figure skating in Tashkent, the girl was given awayfor rhythmic gymnastics from the age of 3.
First successes
When Alina Kabaeva, a promising child, reached all possible heights in Tashkent at the age of 12, the family moved to Moscow. Lyubov Mikhailovna saw good sports data and great willpower in her daughter, so she sent her to the famous coach Irina Alexandrovna Viner. She managed to discern behind all the shortcomings and shortcomings of the girl that Kabaeva Alina is a child in whom it is worth investing a lot of effort, because she is able to make a dizzying career in sports. Indeed, the coach put a lot of effort into the girl, forced her to constantly work, diet and exercise a lot. Alina's efforts were quickly crowned with success. She lost weight, improved her skills and quickly joined the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.
Alina's achievements
In 1999, Alina Kabaeva twice won the title of world champion in rhythmic gymnastics in Japan, then won gold at the European and World Championships. Year after year, the athlete reached new heights in her career, proving that there is no one better than her on the planet. Alina became the only girl who received gold several times among adult athletes.
Doping scandal
An unpleasant story happened in Kabaeva's career in 2001, when furosemide was found in the girl's blood before the competition. The substance itself is not doping, but is recognized as an aid in the elimination ofblood doping elements. Kabaeva was disqualified for 2 years, in the first of which she did not have the right to take part in any competitions, and in the second only under the control of a special commission. For this fact, Alina was deprived of the awards won at the Goodwill Games in 2001.
Alina in show business
During the period when the national sports star could not perform, she was engaged in other activities, for example, she showed herself as an actress and TV presenter. The channel "7 TV" introduced Alina Kabaeva to the audience as the host of the "Empire of Sports" program. The musical group "Game of Words" wrote a song about the champion and shot a video with the participation of Alina herself, in which she played herself. The Japanese film "Red Shadow" introduced Alina Kabaeva as a ninja. The channel "Sport" organized a series of TV programs, which told about the victories of our athletes in international competitions, a story was also filmed about Alina Kabaeva.
Alina's personal life
Alina Kabaeva's husband has long been a legend. The press wrote a lot about the love story of Alina Kabaeva and Shalva Museliani, the police captain. Alina completely surrendered to her feelings and talked a lot about her lover in an interview, hinting that the name Museliani would soon become synonymous with the phrase "husband of Alina Kabaeva." But in fact it turned out that the policeman is a married man and he has a daughter. This fact did not affect the relationship in a couple, Museliani plannedget divorced.
The collapse of love dreams
Alas, the wedding of Alina Kabaeva with the police captain did not take place. Museliani began total checks at work, public interest and suspicion aroused his too high income, thanks to which he could make chic gifts to Alina. For example, once he bought a car for his beloved. But the reason for the rupture of relations was not problems at Museliani's work. After the man divorced his wife, it would seem that happiness was already so close, but it suddenly turned out that Alina's friend was cheating on her with another woman - actress Anna Gorshkova - and did not even hide it. He appeared openly in public, giving rise to scandals. As a result, the couple's relationship ended, but the young people remained friends.
Alina in politics
All the time while Alina Kabaeva was making a sports career, she managed to take part in the political life of the country. From the age of 18, the girl has been a member of the United Russia party, is a deputy of the State Duma, deals with the insurance of athletes, and works as deputy chairman of the commission on youth affairs. For some time Alina was a member of the Public Chamber. All this time there were rumors that Kabaeva got married, not someone was attributed to her suitors, but the President of the Russian Federation himself.
The loudest story
The heroes of the brightest gossip in the press in 2008 were the world champion in rhythmic gymnastics Alina Kabaeva and Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich, PresidentRussia. The newspaper "Moscow Correspondent" in one of the issues published the news that the couple had secretly married. The next morning, the athlete's press secretary denied this news: "Alina Kabaeva and Putin are not husband and wife." The press service of the President also stated that there is not a word of truth in this news. Nevertheless, the press continued to savor the details of the love story and made her heroes parents. The children of Alina Kabaeva from Vladimir Putin were allegedly born one after the other, they were a boy and a girl. Neither Alina nor the President himself commented on what was happening, but one day the girl wrote a message to her fans on her blog, where she asked them to stop congratulating her on receiving the title of mother. The children of Alina Kabaeva have not yet been born. So the girl said on her page.
Continuation of the mysterious novel
Despite the fact that both participants in the most interesting gossip deny what is happening, the paparazzi saw a wedding ring on Alina's hand at the Sochi Olympics. Rumor stubbornly binds Alina Kabaeva and Vladimir Vladimirovich by marriage. The journalists were able to find out that at the 2014 Olympics, the President's private plane delivered the elected persons to his reception. Among them was Alina Kabaeva. Given the fact that in 2013 Vladimir Putin divorced his wife, with whom he had been married for 30 years, gossip flared up with renewed vigor. Photographers captured six months after the divorce and the President has a wedding ring on his finger. Rumors circulated thatAlina Kabaeva lives in the Sochi Presidential Palace, and with her two small children. The athlete denied these speculations, but the theme of a romantic relationship between Alina Kabaeva and Vladimir Putin never ceases to excite their fans. Truth or fiction their connection is still unknown. Perhaps this is only a topic for publications, or perhaps the proverb "there is no smoke without fire" works here.
