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National gymnasts win 12 medals in Estonia

23 February 2015 [15:31] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

The "Miss Valentine" annual international tournament in rhythmic gymnastics was held in Estonian town of Tartu on February 20-22.

Azerbaijani gymnasts showed bright performances, bringing 12 medals, including five gold, five silver and two bronze medals.

Azerbaijan’s junior gymnast Zhala Piriyeva won four gold medals by performing four exercises as well as exercises with hoop, ball and clubs.

Another gold medal was secured by senior gymnast Marina Durunda for the exercises with clubs. In addition, she brought two silver medals (all-around and hoop) and two bronze medals(ribbon and ball).

The national senior group team won three silver medals. The girls finished second in the all-around, in the exercise with five ribbons and in combination clubs-hoops.

The girls remembered their trip not only for their bright performance but for delays, as they had to stay at the Istanbul airport for about 30 hours over the weather conditions.

Two other gymnasts Gulsum Shafizada and Ayshan Bayramova landed safely in Moscow airport.

Performing at the "Moscow" Grand Prix, Shafizada stood at the seventh position based on the results of four performances, and made it to the finals with ball and ribbon.

Ayshan became seventh at the international tournament, which was held in parallel with Miss Valentine.

Earlier, the national team, successfully participated at the 10th Jubileum Gracia Fair Cup 2015, taking eight gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal.

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