BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. Azerbaijan is
represented by 23 gymnasts at the European Championship in
trampoline gymnastics and tumbling, being held in the Portuguese
city of Portimao, Trend reports.
Following the qualification stage in the individual trampoline
program, Seljan Mahsudova, Maqsud Mahsudov, Nijat Mirzayev, Huseyn
Abbasov, Ammar Bakhshaliyev and Farhad Mustafayev advanced to the
semifinals and finals.
In the team competitions among juniors, Farhad Mustafayev, Omar
Gasymli, Muhammad Hasanli and Ammar Bakhshaliyev, and among
seniors, Maqsud Mahsudov, Huseyn Abbasov, Ali Nifataliyev and Mehdi
Aliyev advanced to the final thanks to their successful
performances. In the senior team standings, the team finished in
4th place.
Our gymnasts also showed strong results in the synchronized
programs. In the men’s events, the pairs of Ammar Bakhshaliyev –
Farhad Mustafayev and Maqsud Mahsudov – Huseyn Abbasov, as well as
Ayan Shabanova and Ibrahim Mustafazade in mixed synchronized
competition, advanced to the next stages.
In double mini-trampoline, Ammar Bakhshaliyev, Omar Gasymli,
Muhammad Hasanli and Nikita Koleshnikov advanced to the final in
the team event. Ammar Bakhshaliyev will also compete in the
individual final.
This championship opens a new page in the history of Azerbaijani
gymnastics: for the first time, our gymnasts managed to reach the
final in the team trampoline event among both juniors and seniors,
as well as in the junior double mini-trampoline event.
Successes in tumbling also continue. Mikhail Malkin, Tofiq
Aliyev, Adil Hajizade and Aleksey Karatashov advanced to the team
final. Mikhail Malkin and Tofiq Aliyev also reached the individual
final. In the final performance, our team won the silver medal.
