On April 22-24, the capital of Azerbaijan – Baku will be in the spotlight of world Gymnastics once again. This time, the world's strongest Rhythmic gymnasts will come together at the FIG World Cup to be held in our country.
According to the registration list, 100 gymnasts from 40 countries, including 40 individual and 60 group gymnasts (10 groups), will take part in the 5th international competition in gymnastics disciplines hosted by Azerbaijan this year.
Our country will be represented in the individual program by - Arzu Jalilova and Zohra Aghamirova, while Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova, Kamilla Aliyeva, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Darya Sorokina will perform within the team in group exercises.
During the three-day competitions, gymnasts will compete in the All-Around and apparatus finals.
Traditionally, AGF Trophy Cup will be presented to the gymnast and team in group exercises that received the highest execution score from the judges at the World Cup.
This will be the 9th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup held in our country so far. Our capital hosted the World Championships and 8 World Cups in 2005 and 2019 in this discipline.
It should be mentioned that after a two-year break, spectators will be able to watch the competitions at “Milli Gimnastika Arenasi” (National Gymnastics Arena) due to mitigation measures under a special quarantine regime.
People participating in the competitions as spectators must have a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate or immune certificate, a certificate of contraindications to COVID-19 vaccine except for people under the age of 18.
