Baku, Azerbaijan, June 21
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Russian team in rhythmic gymnastics won the gold medal in group ribbon exercises at the First European Games in Baku.
The silver medal was grabbed by the Ukrainian team, while the Israeli gymnasts won the bronze medal.
The European Games that kicked off June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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