Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 8
By Jani Babayeva - Trend:
Fatima Akbarova, a young Azerbaijani gymnast, representing the Ojag Sports Club at the 25th Azerbaijan Championship in Rhythmic Gymnastics, told Trend that she is happy with her performance.
“The performance went well, though there was a slight mistake in the composition with the ball,” she noted. “I liked the performance with the tape most of all. I could have shown better results with clubs and a hoop.”
She added that wonderful conditions are created in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.
The 25th Azerbaijan Championship in Rhythmic Gymnastics will run until Dec. 9.
Within the first three days, individual gymnasts are competing in the age categories of "youngsters", "pre-juniors", "juniors", while teams in group exercises are divided into the age groups of "youngsters" and "pre-juniors".
Among the competitors, there are representatives of the Ojag Sports club, Baku Gymnastics School, Republican Complex Sports School, the AyUlduz club, Zirva International Sports Club, Sarhadchi Sports Olympic Center, Aquatic Palace, Zabrat Sports Club, as well as Sumgait, Gusar, Ganja, Mingachevir, Ismayilli, Kurdamir, Shirvan and Goychay.
On the last day of the events, the 5th Interregional Cup will commence. Representatives of Azerbaijani districts will perform in both individual and group exercises at the Interregional Cup.