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2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal at the 30th World Age Group Championships

18 November 2023

2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal at the 30th World Age Group Championships

From November 16 to 19, the 30th World Age Group Championships in trampoline gymnastics and tumbling, as well as the 1st World Championship among youth, were held in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Our country was represented by members of the Azerbaijani national team: Nijat Mirzayev, Huseyn Abbasov, Ali Niftaliyev, Mehdi Aliyev, Ibrahim Mustafazadeh, Ammar Bakhshaliyev, Omer Gasımli, Farhad Mustafayev, Samira Huseynova, Ayan Shabanova (trampoline gymnastics), and Aleksey Karatashov, Bilal Gurbanov, and Huseyn Asadullayev (tumbling). In the youth world championship, Nicat Mirzayev, Huseyn Abbasov, Ali Niftaliyev, Mehdi Aliyev, Ibrahim Mustafazadeh, Ammar Bakhshaliyev, Samira Huseynova, Ayan Shabanova (trampoline gymnastics), and Aleksey Karataşov (tumbling) competed.

Our representatives earned 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal for our team.

The first medal in our team’s achievements was a bronze medal in tumbling at the World Age Group Championships, won by Aleksey Karataşov.

Our representatives Ibrahim Mustafazadeh and Ammar Bakhshaliyev won a silver medal in the synchronized program in trampoline gymnastics.

Samira Huseynova and Ayan Shabanova brought our country historic silver medal joy in Birmingham. It is noteworthy that this result marks the first achievement for Azerbaijan in the synchronized program at the World Age Group Championships in the history of women’s gymnastics.