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GURBANOVA PERFORMS AT THE ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

25 October 2010

GURBANOVA PERFORMS AT THE ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

An Azerbaijani gymnast Anna Gurbanova takes part in the annual Italian “Serie A” Championship, the first round of which was held in Italian Desio town.

According to the press service of Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation, Gurbanova performs in the group of strong teams – in the “Serie A1”., She defends the colors of the “Commense 1872” club again as it was a year ago. In the past round, our sportswoman was entrusted to perform with a ribbon and she received the highest score in the team for her exercise with this apparatus – 26.05 points.

Her club has gathered 26 points and is the 9th for the time being losing 15 points to the leaders.

Another Azerbaijani gymnast Aliya Garayeva will join to the participants of the Italian “Serie A” Championship from its second round to take place in Arezzo on November 6.

She will compete in the composition of the “Ritmica Piemonte” team performing in a division lower – “Serie A2”. After the first round, Garayeva’s club takes the 3rd place with 36 points.

In the interval between the rounds of the Italian Championship, Garayeva and Gurbanova will perform in the Grand Prix Final to be held in Berlin on October 30-31.