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19 September 2019 [14:59] - Today.Az


By Trend


The National Gymnastics Arena in Baku is large and very beautiful, spectator of the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Diana Savina, who arrived from Kiev, Ukraine, told Trend.

“My sister is engaged in rhythmic gymnastics, so I often attend various competitions in Ukraine and abroad. The gymnastics arena in Baku has left a very good impression on me, I have never seen such halls. The competitions are held at a high level. My sister is still young, and for her to watch such large-scale competitions is an incentive for persistently doing sports," Savina said.

The 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will last until September 22.

The Championships is the qualification competition for the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020. As such, the first 16 individual gymnasts (max. two gymnasts per country) in the all-around ranking will qualify for the Games.

As for the gymnasts within group exercises, Bulgaria, Russia and Italy have already qualified according to the results of the last World Championships. At this year’s Championships, the best five teams will qualify for the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games according to the all-around scores.

More than 300 gymnasts from 61 countries are competing for nine sets of medals. “Fairy Tales will come to life" is the motto of the championships.

Nine gymnasts are representing Azerbaijan at the World Championship, which is being held at the National Gymnastics Arena. Zohra Agamirova, Veronika Hudis, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Maryam Safarova perform in individual competitions. Ayshan Bayramova, Diana Ahmadbayli, Aliya Pashayeva, Zeynab Hummatova and Darya Sorokina participate in group exercises as part of the Azerbaijani team.



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