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By Amina Nazarli

The International Jumping Tournament in CSI2* category was held in Baku on September 18-20.

The event called "Land of Fire Cup" took place in Bina Equestrian Center.

Organized by Azerbaijan Equestrian Federation, the tournament brought together riders from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Italy and German.

The winner of the competition on obstacles with the height of 125cm, held on the first day of the tournament was Azerbaijani Rahib Ismailov with his mere "Aco's first boy". The second place went to Georgian rider Shalva Gachechiladze with "Raritet" and the third to Azerbaijani Seyid Musayev with "Cissy".

In the competition on 135cm obstacles, held on the same day, Azerbaijani Elmar Abdullayev with "Woodie" took the first place, Georgian Shalva Gachechiladze with "Chewing Gum" and Elmar Abdullayev with "David" took the second and the third places, respectively.

On September 19, competition on 130cm obstacles was held, where Rahib Ismailov gained the gold medal, Rahib Ismailov the silver and Italian Rosella di Simone the bronze medal.

In the competition on obstacles with the height of 140cm, Georgian Shalva Gachechiladze was the best, following Azerbaijani Seyid Musayev and Kanana Novruzov with "ConCorde 57" horse.

The last day of the tournament completed with the competition on 145cm obstacles. Here German Andres Ripke with his mere "Zidane D" was distinguished and took the first place. Elmar Abdullayev with a little odds became the second and Andreas Ripke with "Tall boy MNM" followed him.

The judges from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Iran watched closely the tournament.

The fund prize of the competition was 44,000 manats.