BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 4
By Jani Babayeva - Trend:
The finalists among men's pairs in the 12-18 age category were named in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku within the second day of the 12th FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions, Trend reports.
The result of athletes is determined upon the sum of points for two exercises, namely, balance and tempo exercises.
Gymnasts from UK William Clark and Harley Curtis-Lawrence (54.890 points), Russian gymnasts Bogdan Aliev and Yegor Tashlanov (54.850 points), Israeli gymnasts Yehonathan Joseph and Jonathan Markovich (53.430 points), Portuguese gymnasts Vicente Colaco and Joao Teles (52.720 points), Bulgarian gymnasts Vladimir Kotochev and Georgi Stoyanov (52.100 points), Kazakh gymnasts Ilyas Mukhtassarov and Nazar Vorotelyak (52.050 points), US gymnasts Davis Leavitt and Vlad Studwell (51.150 points) and Canada’s gymnasts Kristian Diana and Emerson Wong (49.900 points) reached the finals.
Azerbaijani athletes Rasul Seyidli and Ravan Zeynalli, who performed as part of the men's pair, did not reach the finals and ranked 13th scoring 48.290.
The 12th FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions are being held from March 3 through March 6.
Some 438 gymnasts from 24 countries are taking part in the competitions, which have been organized by the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation for the first time.
The women's, mixed and men's pairs, women's and men's groups in the 12-18 and 13-19 age groups are competing in the program of balance, tempo and combined exercises.
Azerbaijan is represented by the men's pair consisting of Rasul Seyidli and Ravan Zeynalli, the women's pair - Nazrin Gasimova and Khanim Mammadzade, the mixed pair - Milana Aliyeva and Nizam Khamidulin, the women's group - Anahita Bashiri, Zahra Rashidova, Nazrin Zeyniyeva at competitions in the 12-18 age category.
Moreover, Azerbaijan is represented by the women's group consisting of Leyla Bashirova, Nazrin Farmanova and Mansuma Mammadzade in the 13-19 age category.
The 12th FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in Baku is being held upon the special permission of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers and in accordance with the rules of the quarantine regime which are valid in the country, sanitary and epidemiological requirements and without spectators.