Last year’s world champion Elza Krbashan is trained by her personal coach Yekaterina Mukhadova. Elza is arminian and 11 y.o., she has mastered martial arts in the last four years; before that she took classes in gymnastics and folk dance. Currently she practices taolu and traditional chuantun; she also takes classes in German, English and Chinese languages. 30% of Sochi citizens are Armenian.