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By Amina Nazarli

National Gymnastics Arena, successfully hosting the FIG World Cup series in Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics in February and March accordingly, gets ready to hold the national competitions on the first week of May.

Azerbaijan and Baku Championship among age categories in Artistic Gymnastics will take place at the Arena subsidiary hall on May 7-8.

Representatives of “Ojaq Sport” Club, Baku Gymnastics School, Republican Complex Sports School and Sumgayit will compete for the medals in the events to be held among men and women.

Both men (seniors – born in 1998 and older; juniors – 1998-2001; youngsters – 2005-2006; children – 2005-2006; minors – 2006-2007; beginners – 2008-2009) and women (seniors – born in 2002 and older; juniors – 2003-2004; youngsters – 2005-2006; children – 2007-2008; minors – 2008-2009) will define winners in the all-around within five age groups. In total, 65 athletes (36 men and 29 women) will take part in the event.

The spectators will watch skilful performances of participants of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Oleg Stepko and Petro Pakhnyuk, as well as bronze medalist of the FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics held in Baku in February Marina Nekrasova, Yuliya Inshina and Mariia Smirnova during the two-day events.

The Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation was acknowledged to be the best federation and the iconic 9,000-seat National Gymnastics Arena, designed to host all gymnastics disciplines declared the best Arena by the Azerbaijan Youth and Sports Ministry in the country last year

2015 was remembered by the debut of the national gymnasts on the world arena. Thus, Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation fulfilled its plan on gymnastics disciplines development and now, all seven gymnastics disciplines acknowledged by the International Federation of Gymnastics are being developed in the country.

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