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By Amina Nazarli

The “Zhuldyz-Cup” International Tournament in Rhythmic Gymnastics took place in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 4-6.

In a senior program of the tournament, Azerbaijan was represented by Ayshan Bayramova and Zeynep Celep, whereas Zhala Piriyeva and Veronika Hudis performed among junior gymnasts.

During the competition Ayshan showed brilliant performance. She won three gold medals with hoop, ribbon and clubs. Only in an exercise with ribbon, Ayshan failed, thus winning bronze medal. She took the third place in the all-around.

Silver medalist of the European Championships-2014 among the juniors Zhala Priyeva won gold medal in the all-around and in exercises with a hoop. She also came back from the tournament with two bronze medals for her performances with a ball and a rope.

Her teammate Veronika became the third in the all-around.

Meanwhile, the World Cup 2015 in trampoline was held in Russian city of St. Petersburg on June 4-7.

Some 140 gymnasts from 25 countries, including Azerbaijan took part in the competition.

Unfortunately, national gymnasts Sviatlana Makshtarova and Sabina Zaitseva stopped a step away from the medal having taken the fourth place in the synchronized performance.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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