Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr Z. Safarov / The Azerbaijani national rhythmic gymnastics team won fourth position at the World Championships in Patras, Greece.
For the time being, the team has only one bronze medal received as a result of a total number of points. However, they can do more, taking into account the upcoming finals of the championships, where the Champion of Europe in the skipping-rope program, Azerbaijani Aliya Garayeva, and the absolute winner of the Azerbaijani championship, Dinara Gimatova, will participate.
At the same time, five of the eight golden medals able to be won in the championship were won by the Russian national team. Olga Kapranova has two gold medals (hoop and clubs), Vera Sesina also gained two gold medals (ribbon and skipping-rope), while one gold medal went to Olga Kapranova, Vera Sesina, Alina Kabaeva, and Evgeniya Kanaeva for a team championship.