Career
Kapranova first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and trained with Elena Nefedova. In 2002 she started to train with Irina Viner, who has coached other stars of the sport, including Yana Batyrshina, Alina Kabaeva. Kapranova began competing internationally in 2003.
2004 was a good year for Kapranova but she was unable to make the Olympics, with the two places going to Irina Tchachina and Alina Kabaeva.
After their retirements, she became one of Russia"s top gymnasts. She was selected to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating Vera Sessina to take the second spot in the Russian team, along with Evgenia Kanaeva.
She was ranked second in the qualifications and finished fourth in the Women"s Individual event finals. She retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season.
