(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10. The
second day of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup
competitions has kicked off at the National Gymnastics Arena in
Baku, trend reports.
Qualification rounds will be held today: men will
perform the vault, exercises on a pommel horse, and a crossbar;
women - floor exercises and exercises on the balance beam. At the
end of the competition day, the finalists will be determined on
these gymnastics apparatuses.
Today, Azerbaijani gymnast Ivan Tikhonov will perform
two exercises - on a pommel horse and a crossbar, while Samira
Gahramanova and Nazanin Teymurova exercises on a beam. Teymurova
will also perform a floor exercise.
The FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is 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). Following the results of the first day of the
competition, Nikita Simonov made it to the finals on the ring
exercise.
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