Baku, Azerbaijan, March 15
By Jani Babayeva – Trend:
Finalists of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup in horizontal bar exercises have been defined in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Trend reports.
Following the qualification event, gymnasts Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan), Tin Srbic (Croatia), Mitchell Morgan (Australia), Epke Zonderland (Netherlands), Oliver Hegi (Switzerland), Zhang Chenglong (China), Tyson Bull (Australia), Andrey Likhovitskiy (Belarus) reached the finals.
The FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup is being held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku and brings together the strongest gymnasts from 41 countries.
The competition is important for athletes who want to get to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.
Gymnasts Murad Agarzayev, Ivan Tikhonov, Nikita Simonov and Marina Nekrasova represent Azerbaijan at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup.
Qualifications are being held during the first two days of the four-day competition, while the finals will be held during the last two days. The gymnasts who will get the highest points for the performance will be awarded with the traditional AGF Trophy Cup.