(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijani gymnasts continue to enjoy long-lasting success at
the international championships.
The national gymnasts showed their best at the Coimbra 2022
World Cup in Portugal and the 7th Budapest International Men's
Artistic Gymnastics Cup, Azernews reports, citing the Azerbaijan
Gymnastics Federation .
In Portugal, Azerbaijan was represented by Seljan Makhsudova,
Mikhail Malkin, Tofig Aliyev, Adil Hajizada, and at the
international tournament by Magsud Makhsudov, Huseyn Abbasov, Bilal
Gurbanov, Alexey Karatashov and Huseyn Asadullayev.
Maksud Maksudov (trampolining) and Alexey Karatashov (tumbling)
claimed gold medals at Coimbra 2022 while Bilal Gurbanov (tumbling)
won a silver medal.
Mikhail Malkin won first place at the World Cup competitions
(acrobatic track jump) while Tofig Aliyev settled for fifth place
in the same discipline.
Seljan Makhsudova, who performed in the finals of the
trampolining program, also took fifth place.
Azerbaijani gymnasts also brought home silver and bronze medals
from Budapest.
The national team included Aydin Alizada, Rasul Ahmadzada and
Anar Hasanov.
Aydin Alizada captured a silver medal in floor exercise and
vault, and a bronze medal in the ring exercise program.
Founded in 1956, AGF comprises seven gymnastics disciplines
recognized by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG).
The federation has experienced a revival since 2002. The renewed
federation has brought gymnastics to a completely new level.
The high-level organization of the gymnastics events did not
remain unnoticed.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) included the
Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation (AGF) in the list of the
meritorious federations.
For many years, the AGF has been included in the FIG list of the
Top 10 gymnastics federations.
From 2014 to 2019, the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation was
included in the list of FIG's 10 strongest federations and for the
last three years, it has led the list.
---
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz
Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
Twitter: @Lamiva993
- Tags:
- Azerbaijani gymnasts
- Gymnastics
MENAFN29062022000195011045ID1104451661
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.