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Our gymnast qualifies for the Finals on the first day of the World Cup

09 March 2023

Our gymnast qualifies for the Finals on the first day of the World Cup

Within the framework of the Qualifications held on the first day of the World Cup, male athletes presented their performances on Floor Exercises, Parallel Bars & Rings. Women’s Artistic gymnasts performed on Vault & Uneven Bars.

Three Azerbaijani representatives tested their strength on the first day of the event. Our gymnast - Ivan Tikhonov demonstrated his program on Parallel Bars, Nikita Simonov on Rings, while Nazanin Teymurova on Vault.

Nikita Simonov ranked 1st on Rings (14.733) and qualified for the Finals.

Ivan Tikhonov ranked 15th (13.400) on Parallel Bars.

The performance of our female gymnast - Nazanin Teymurova, performing on Vault, was evaluated with 12,449 points and she ranked 10th.

173 gymnasts from 48 countries are taking part at the World Cup organized in our country. During the four-day competitions, there will be Qualifications on the first two days, followed by the Finals on the 3rd & 4th days. At tomorrow’s Qualifications, men will compete on Vault, Pommel Horse, Horizontal Bar while women will perform on Balance Beam & Floor Exercises.