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Azerbaijani gymnasts take fifth place at regular World Cup

Society Materials 4 May 2009 17:43 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 4 / Trend A. Huseynbala /

Azerbaijani gymnasts took the fifth places at regular stage of World Cup in Italian town Pesaro.

Anna Gurbanova was entitled to participate in three of four possible finals. She took the fifth place performing the best results in exercises with a skipping-rope and a hoop. One of participants of upcoming Baku's Euro-2009 ranked the sixth place in exercise with a ball.  

Other Azerbaijani gymnast Aliya Garayeva thrice reached final and was distinguished by the following exercises: the seventh place performing the exercise with a skipping-rope and a ball and the eight place performing the exercise with a ribbon.

Both our gymnasts shared the ninth and the tenth places scoring 101.65 in all-round competition. Azerbaijani third participant Zeynab Javadli took the eighteenth place among 33 participants scoring 91.85.

Russian gymnast Yevgeniya Kanayeva performed the best results four times in Pesaro, the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation said.  

Azerbaijani adult group team can boast of final exercise.

Azerbaijani gymnasts ranked the sixth place scoring 44.625 in double-event competition. Gymnasts having leadership in all three kinds of program got World Cup. Azerbaijani team consisting of Vafa Huseynova, Dina Gorina, Anastasiya Prasolova, Valeriya Yegay, Jeyla Guliyeva and Nigar Mirzoyeva ranked the fifth place scoring 23.7 performing the exercise with three ribbons and two ropes. Presently, they prepare for major competition of September 2009 - world championship in Japan.

Italian tournament was the last one for individual gymnasts on the threshold of Europe Championship, the national federation said. The Europe Championship will be held in Baku in 10 days. As it is known, Lithuanian gymnasts will arrive in Baku first of all foreign delegations. They will come at night of May 11. The competition will begin on May 15 at 10:30. Official ceremony of the championship will be held the same day at 18:30.  

Lider TV channel will broadcast Euro-2009 in Azerbaijan. Foreign TV channels showed interest to continental leadership. Russian RTR-Sport channel delegates its TV commentator in Baku. The rest world will watch Baku's Euro-2009 via Eurosport channel and some other channels.  

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