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Azerbaijani gymnasts win gold medals at open joint gymnastics disciplines tournament

Society Materials 6 March 2015 12:22 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko won on March 6 the second gold medal at the Open Joint Azerbaijan Championships in Gymnastics Disciplines.
Azerbaijani gymnasts win gold medals at open joint gymnastics disciplines tournament

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 6

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Azerbaijani gymnast Oleg Stepko won on March 6 the second gold medal at the Open Joint Azerbaijan Championships in Gymnastics Disciplines, held in Baku.

Stepko, in the exercises on pommel horse in the artistic gymnastics contest, scored 14.933 points.

The silver med was captured by another representative of Azerbaijan, Petr Pahnyuk with 14.833 points. Croatia's representative, Filip Ude, won the bronze medal with 14.700 points.

Another gold medal was won for Azerbaijan today by the gymnast, Maria Smirnova, who had the best result in the vault.

Smirnova scored 13.266 after two attempts. The second place was taken by Turkish athlete, Demet Mutlu, who scored 13.050 points, while Norway's representative, Martine Skregelid, came in third with 11,666 points.

On the first day of competitions, Oleg Stepko won a gold medal in all-around artistic gymnastics, while Petr Pahnyuk came in second in the same contest.

The third - the final - stage of competitions as part of the Open Joint Azerbaijan Championships in Gymnastics Disciplines kicked off in Baku on March 6.

On the last day, the athletes will compete for 26 sets of medals: 10 - in artistic gymnastics, two - in aerobics, four - in acrobatics, and four - in trampolining.

Another six sets of medals will be awarded during the rhythmic gymnastics competitions.

The Open Joint Azerbaijan Championships in Gymnastics Disciplines is being held in Baku on March 4-6. This is the test championship on the eve of the First European Games.

Coming from 22 countries, 133 gymnasts will compete for medals in both the all-around and individual competitions.

Edited by SI

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