Day 1 of FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics kicks off in Baku
The first day of the FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics
kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan March 5.
The competitions which are being held at the National Gymnastics
Arena will last till March 6.
The first day of the World Cup will see qualification competitions
among men and women, both in the individual and synchronized
events.
Together with leader of the Azerbaijani national team in Trampoline
Gymnastics, Bronze medalist of the Baku 2015 First European Games,
Ilya Grishunin, Azerbaijan 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.
Athletes from Europe, Japan, Australia and the US will participate
in the World Cup, which opens the first season of the Olympic
competitions.
Overall, 77 gymnasts (46 men and 31 women), who represent 17
countries, will participate in the competitions.
Following the first day of the qualification event, the
competitions will complete by finals the next day.
The spectators at the event will be able to participate in various
interesting contests and receive gifts from organizers.
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