BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10. I really like Baku very
a lot, final 12 months I got here right here for the primary time, and I waited a
entire 12 months to return again once more, Matvey Petrov, participant of the
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, representing Albania,
advised Trend on
Friday.
“Today I carried out fairly nicely, I went to the ultimate of the
train on the gymnastic pommel horse. I hope I do even higher in
the ultimate. Now the opponents have a really excessive degree of coaching,
there are various good gymnasts, everybody can get mark,” Petrov
famous.
The gymnast stated that his subsequent competitors after the World Cup
in Baku would be the European Championship, after which the final stage
of the World Cup in Cairo.
The FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup is being held at
the National Gymnastics Arena on March 9-12. According to the
registration listing, Azerbaijan has a document for the variety of
international locations, as 173 athletes from 48 National Federations are
anticipated to take part within the competitors.
The first two days of the four-day World Cup competitions in
Baku will characteristic qualifying phases, whereas the remaining days –
finals, will decide the winners and prize-winners in workouts
on particular person implements. Following the outcomes of the four-day
competitions, the normal “AGF Trophy” shall be introduced to the
gymnasts who acquired the best execution rating.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan shall be represented by Nikita Simonov and
Ivan Tikhonov (males’s gymnastics), Samira Gahramanova, and Nazanin
Teymurova (girls’s gymnastics) on the competitions.