Azerbaijan, Baku, May 24 / Trend /
Azerbaijani gymnast Aliya Garayeva won the bronze at the World Cup in Minsk as a week ago at the Grand Prix in Spain.
Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation said that individual finals of both individual gymnasts and a group of gymnasts were held on the final day of the tournament.
Aliya Garayeva showed the best result among Azerbaijani athletes. She received 27.85 points from the judges in the ribbon exercise and took the third behind Russian gymnasts Evgenia Kanayeva (29.15) and Daria Kondakova (28.65). Alia finished fourth in the ball exercise and fifth in the hoop.
"My trainer thinks that I preformed well with a ribbon for the second straight week. On the eve of the Azerbaijani championship (June 4-5), I got in good shape and was ready for the second time to defend the title of champion in the country. However, I will go to Yaroslavl for a couple of days.
There will be a show. I was invited to perform there.
Participation in different kinds of shows, especially the International Festival of Rhythmic Gymnastics Alina-2010 in Moscow, gave Azerbaijani team confidence. They successfully performed at the Moscow carpet and at the World Cup in Minsk. Gymnasts ranked fourth with a rope and ribbons, and fifth with hoops. Here, Belarusian gymnasts won.
As to Azerbaijani gymnasts, Anna Gurbanova demonstrated the best result in the finals with a rope and a ball. She ranked sixth. She ranked seventh with a ribbon, and eighth with a hoop. Samira Mustafayev and Dina Gorina performed in Minsk during the non-competition program.