Baku hosts award ceremony for winners in finals of individual exercises at 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships [PHOTO]
By Trend
Awarding ceremony was held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sept.17 for the winners and prize-winners of the finals in individual exercises of the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, Trend reports.
Russian gymnast Yekaterina Selezneva ranked first in the exercises with a hoop. Israel’s Linoy Ashram came in second, while another Russian gymnast Dina Averina became the third.
The awards were presented by Morinari Watanabe, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Yousef Al-Tabbaa, Member of the FIG Executive Committee, and Isabell Sawade, Member of the FIG Technical Committee.
Moreover, Russian gymnast Dina Averina won the gold medal in the exercises with a ball. Arina Averina of Russia won the silver medal, and the bronze medal was grabbed by Linoy Ashram from Israel.
The awards were presented by FIG Vice President Nellie Kim, FIG Athletes' Commission president Liubov Charkashyna and head coach of the Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnastics team Mariana Vasileva.
The 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will last until
September 22.
The Championships are 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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