Baku holds rehearsal for FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics
The opening ceremony rehearsal for the FIG World Cup in
Trampoline Gymnastics, as well as training of Azerbaijani gymnasts
was held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.
The FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics will be held in the
first week of March in Baku. Competitions will be held March 5-6 at
the National Gymnastics Arena.
Azerbaijan will be holding the FIG World Cup in Trampoline
Gymnastics for the first time. The country has been preparing for
the event since late 2013.
Athletes from Europe, Japan, Australia and the US are expected to
participate in the World Cup, which opens the first season of the
Olympic competitions.
Overall, 78 gymnasts (46 men and 32 women), who represent 18
countries, will participate in the competitions.
Together with leader of the Azerbaijani national team in Trampoline
Gymnastics, Bronze medalist of the Baku 2015 First European Games,
Ilya Grishunin, the country will be represented by Gold medalist of
the Open Azerbaijan Championships Oleg Piunov, Dmitriy Fedorovskiy
and Ruslan Aghamirov, as well as by female athletes – finalist of
the First European Games Sviatlana Makshtarova and Sabina Zaitseva
at the World Cup.
Following the first day of the qualification event, the
competitions will complete by finals the next day.
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