Stepko ranks first at parallel bars, to perform in finals - UPDATE
Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko has advanced to the finals in the parallel bars exercises at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics, being held in Baku.
Stepko scored 15.700 points, ranking first.
Two Japanese athletes, two Turkish athletes and athletes from Spain, Israel and Belgium have advanced to the finals in the qualification event.
Stepko has also advanced to the finals in the horizontal bar exercises. He scored 13.950 points, ranking seventh during the qualification event.
Turkish gymnast Umit Samiloglu shared the first place with Japanese gymnast Tomomasa Hasegawa.
Azerbaijan's Marina Nekrasova will perform in the finals in the floor exercises.
Nekrasova scored 12.550 points by ranking seventh during the qualification event. This guaranteed her participation in the finals.
Another Azerbaijani athlete Yulia Inshina became the third reserve gymnast for the final.
Brazilian gymnast Flavia Lopes Saraiva showed the best result, scoring 13.800 points.
The FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics kicked off in Baku February 19 and is to end February 21. As many as 45 male and 22 female gymnasts will compete for medals in apparatus finals of the World Challenge Cup.
In general, athletes from 19 countries are to participate in the event.
Men’s and women’s qualifications on the first two days of the competitions will be followed by apparatus finals on the last day.
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