(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Baku, Azerbaijan, May 14
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A grand opening ceremony is awaiting spectators of the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku, Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF) Nurlana Mammadzade told Trend .
'On May 16, the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics will start at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku,' she said. 'Competitions will be held for four days. The grand opening ceremony will take place on the first day. Spectators will witness bright and exciting performance of gymnasts. After the opening ceremony, competitions will be held among junior teams in group exercises. We invite all gymnastics fans to attend the European Championships.'
Mammadzade noted that at the European Championships, Azerbaijan will be represented by a team of juniors, which showed good results at the AGF Junior Trophy, the International Tournament in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku on April 20-21, 2019.
'At the previous AGF Junior Trophy International Tournament, the Azerbaijani team won medals in group exercises,' she said. 'The same team will represent our country at the upcoming European Championships. As for the senior female gymnasts performing in the individual program, Azerbaijan will be represented by Zohra Agamirova and Veronika Hudis. Zohra Agamirova reached the finals at a number of latest competitions. Our female gymnasts are seriously preparing for the European Championships, and we expect good performance from them.'
On May 16-19, the 35th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics will take place in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku. At the four-day championships, senior female gymnasts will perform in the individual program, while junior gymnasts in the group exercise program.
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