National Team To Compete At World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship
Date
8/23/2023 7:27:29 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) The 40th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship has started in
Valencia, Spain.
Gymnasts from 62 nations have qualified to compete in the
championship, Azernews reports.
Azerbaijan will be represented at the championship by gymnasts
Zohra Aghamirova, Ilona Zeynalova, Kamila Gafarova ( individual
performance) as well as Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova,
Kamilla Aliyeva, Zeynab Hummatova and Yelizaveta Luzan (team
performance).
The world championship will give license points for the 2024
Summer Olympics.
Recall that the national gymnasts have previously brought home a
bunch of medals from Rhythmic Gymnastics World Junior Championship
held in Romania.
Govhar Ibrahimova, Sakinakhanim Ismailzade, Madina Aslanova,
Ilaha Bahadirova, Ayan Sadigova and Zahra Jafarova claimed bronze
in the five-ball exercise, scoring 30.150 points. The junior team
also won bronze medals in the program with five ropes and in
all-around events.
Founded in 1956, the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation comprises
seven gymnastics disciplines recognized by the International
Federation of Gymnastics (FIG).
The federation has been experiencing a revival since 2002. The
restructured 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) has included the
Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF) in the list of 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 Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation was
included in the list of FIG's 10 strongest federations and for the
last three years, it has topped the list.
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