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Russian spectator: Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku spectacular

17 September 2019 [17:50] - TODAY.AZ

By Trend


The competitions of the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku are spectacular, Marina Naumova, a spectator from Moscow, who is attending the event, told Trend.

“It’s the first time I arrived in Baku, it’s beautiful here and people are friendly,” she said. “A colorful show was presented at the solemn opening ceremony, the children in the hall were delighted. We all were filming and live streaming in social networks. Therefore, even our relatives at home were able to watch the opening ceremony.”

The 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will last until Sept. 22.

The Championships are the qualification competition for the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020. So, the first 16 individual gymnasts (max. two gymnasts per country) in the all-around ranking will qualify for the Games.

As for the gymnasts within group exercises, Bulgaria, Russia and Italy have already qualified according to the results of the last World Championships. At this year’s Championships, the best five teams will qualify for the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games according to the all-around scores.

More than 300 gymnasts from 61 countries are competing for nine sets of medals. “Fairy Tales will come to life" is the motto of the championships.

Nine gymnasts are representing Azerbaijan at the World Championship, which is being held at the National Gymnastics Arena. Zohra Agamirova, Veronika Hudis, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Maryam Safarova perform in individual competitions. Ayshan Bayramova, Diana Ahmadbayli, Aliya Pashayeva, Zeynab Hummatova and Darya Sorokina participate in group exercises as part of the Azerbaijani team.


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