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National gymnastics team win bronze in Bulgaria [PHOTO]

29 March 2021 10:00 (UTC+04:00)
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By Laman Ismayilova

The Azerbaijani gymnastics team has won a bronze medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Bulgaria.

The World Cup was held in Sofia on March 26-28.

The national team consisting of Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Gummatova, Elizaveta Luzan, Maryam Safarova and Daria Sorokina received 33.450 points from the refereeing team for the exercise with three hoops and two pairs of clubs.

The first place was taken by the team from Bulgaria (39.750 points), the second place was taken by the team from Japan (35.800 points).

The national gymnasts also took second place in the all-around, scoring 70.950 points.

Notably, Azerbaijan has named members of the national team who will take part in the European Artistic Gymnastics Championship (Artistic Europeans) to be held in Switzerland, EuropeanGymnastics reported.

Azerbaijan will be represented by Aghamurad Gahramanov, Ivan Tikhonov and Nikita Simonov at the men's competition, while  Milana Minakovskaya and Marina Nekrasova will compete for the medals at the women's competition.

The Artistic Europeans in Basel is scheduled to be held on April 21-25, 2021. Nearly 280 athletes from 38 countries of the world were registered to participate in the competition.

Founded in 1956, AGF comprises seven gymnastics disciplines recognized by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG). 

The federation has experienced a revival since 2002. The renewed federation has brought gymnastics to a completely new level.

The high-level organization of the gymnastics events did not remain unnoticed. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) included the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF) into the list of the meritorious federations. 

For many years, the AGF has been included into the FIG list of the Top 10 gymnastics federations.

From 2014 to 2019, the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation was included in the list of the FIG 10 strongest federations and for the last three years it has led the list.

In 2020, AGF managed to host 3 competitions at the beginning of the year. 

First, the trampoline gymnasts visited Baku to participate in the World Cup qualifiers for the Olympic Games. Afterwards, the young men's gymnasts competed for the AGF Junior Trophy.

Moreover, Azerbaijani gymnasts managed to win 2 silver and 1 bronze medal during the competition. 

Another licensed competition for the Olympics - the World Cup in gymnastics was also organized in the country. 

The most successful event for the national gymnasts in 2020 was the participation in the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Ukraine. 

The gymnastic team consisting of Zeynab Hummatova, Darya Sorokina, Maryam Safarova, Laman Alimuradova and Elizabeth Luzan, won a silver medal in all-around. This medal is the first medal in the history of Azerbaijan's rhythmic gymnastics won by the national team  in group all-around competition. 

National team also won bronze medals in the competition with 3 hoops and 2 pairs of clubs.

The next medal was won by the team as well. Narmin Bayramova, Alina Gozalova, Ilona Zeynalova, Leyli Agazade, they grabbed bronze  according to the total number of the joint points.

In addition, a joint virtual competition in rhythmic gymnastics was also organized for gymnasts from Azerbaijan and Israel.

The competition, called "Battle", was attended by teams from both countries licensed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 

AGF also focuses on improving the skills of coaches and referees. Thus, the gymnastics courses were organized for local judges and coaches last year. 

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