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By Aynur Jafarova

Azerbaijani gymnasts were successful at the annual Miss Valentina international rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Tartu, Estonia.

Lala Yusifova gained third place in the final, winning a bronze medal.

Marina Durunda took third place after the Ukrainian-Belarusian duet of Hanna Rizatdinova and Melitina Stanyuta.

The junior group was also successful at the tournament, the coach of the national team, Mariana Vasileva, believes.

The group which included Nilufer Niftaliyeva, Gulsum Shafizade, Aleksandra Platonova, Sabina Hummatova, Emiliya Bagiyeva and Aynur Mustafayeva took first place after the exercise with five hoops and left behind Belarus and the home team.

Aisha Mustafayeva won in hoop and ribbon exercises, while Mansura Bagiyeva came second in a ribbon routine and took third place in a hoop exercise.

13-year old Jala Piriyeva won first place three times in a hoop, ball and club exercise and third place in a ribbon routine. Her coeval Zuleykha Ismailova won second place in a hoop and ribbon routine.

Veronika Omarova, who was born in 1999 and participated in an international tournament for the first time, won a gold medal in a hoop exercise and a bronze medal in a ball routine.