Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:
The first day of the FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5.
The FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics is being held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.
Athletes from Europe, Japan, Australia and the US are participating in the World Cup, which opens the first season of the Olympic competitions.
Together with leader of the Azerbaijani national team in trampoline gymnastics, bronze medalist of the Baku 2015 First European Games, Ilya Grishunin, Azerbaijan will be represented at the World Cup by gold medalist of the Open Azerbaijan Championships Oleg Piunov, Dmitriy Fedorovskiy and Ruslan Aghamirov, as well as by female athletes - finalist of the First European Games Sviatlana Makshtarova and Sabina Zaitseva.
Overall, 77 gymnasts (46 men and 31 women), who represent 17 countries, are to participate in the competitions.
Following the first day of the qualification event, the competitions will complete by finals on March 6.
