BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 9. The opening ceremony of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup was held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku today, Trend reports.
The countries participating in the World Cup were represented at the ceremony. The National Anthem of Azerbaijan was performed.
The FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup will be held on March 9-12 at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku. Some 173 gymnasts from 48 countries around the world will take part in the competition, which is a record number of participating countries in the history of the World Cups in gymnastic disciplines in Azerbaijan.
In the first two days of the four-day World Cup competitions in Baku, qualifying stages will be held, and in the remaining days, finals, which will determine the winners in exercises on individual equipment. Following the results of the four-day competition, the gymnasts with the highest score will also be awarded the traditional AGF Trophy.
Azerbaijan will be represented at the competitions by Nikita Simonov and Ivan Tikhonov (men's artistic gymnastics), Samira Gahramanova and Nazanin Teymurova (women's artistic gymnastics).
