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By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan and Baku Championship among different age categories in Artistic Gymnastics successfully ended at the capital’s National Gymnastics Arena last weekend.

Hosted at the Arena subsidiary hall on May 7-8, the event featured both men and women representatives of Ojaq Sport Club, Baku Gymnastics School, Republican Complex Sports School and Sumgayit school.

Some 65 athletes including 36 male and 29 female participated at the championship.

The first day saw men competitions among children aged 9-10, pre-juniors aged 12-13, juniors aged 15-18 and seniors aged 18 and above, as well as women competition among children aged 8-9.

In men’s competition among pre-juniors Mansum Safarov won gold, showing the best result in his category, while Rafig Orujov and Ramin Damirov took silver and bronze respectively.

The first place among children claimed Aydin Alizade, who was following with Anar Hasanov and Rasul Ahmadzade.

All medalists among pre-juniors and children were students of the Baku Gymnastics School.

Murad Agarzayev showed the best results among juniors, leaving behind Sergey Onbish and Javidan Babayev by a wide margin.

Petro Pakhnyuk, gaining 84,400 points became gold winner among senior gymnasts, whilst Teymur Bayramov with 71,300 and Oleg Stepko ranked second and third respectively.

Female athletes Nazenin Teymurova celebrated the victory among gymnasts aged 13. Silver went to Fatima Huseynli and bronze to Malahat Bayramova.

Aliya Rustamova won the first place among the 12-year old athletes, who was followed by Milana Aliyeva and Esmiralda Hasanova.

The second day featured competitions all-around among male athletes in younger category aged 9-10, children aged 10-11 and beginners aged 7-8.

Also in the fight for medals they joined the female athletes including minors aged 7-8, children aged 9-10, juniors aged 12-13 and seniors aged 14 and above..

In children male competition Ali Khalilov claimed gold with 57,600 points. Chingiz Valiyev took silver and Nihat Muradli bronze.

The first place among female minors took Christina Osekina, while the second and third places went to Nazrin Humbatova and Deniz Aliyeva respectively.

Milana Minakovskaya celebrated her victory among children gymnasts, who was followed by Nuray Nurmammadli and Ulker Tahirova.

Samira Gahramanova and Valeriya Shulayeva shared first and second places among juniors.

In senior competition Yuliya Inshina pulled ahead, leaving behind Marina Nekrasova and Maria Nekrasova.

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