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First day of FIG Artistic World Cup kicks off in Baku

16.03.2017

The first day of the new Olympic cycle’s first FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup has kicked off at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.

The qualifications in men’s floor exercises, as well as exercises in parallel bars and rings will take place on the first day of the competitions. Women will be qualifying for the finals by performing exercises in vault and uneven bars.

In the men’s artistic gymnastics competitions, Azerbaijan will be represented by Bence Talas and Murad Agharzayev, while Marina Nekrasova and Mariia Smirnova will represent the country in women’s vault, Yulia Inshina and Ekaterina Tishkova - on parallel bars.

Gymnasts from 23 countries are expected to perform at the FIG World Cup in artistic gymnastics to be hosted by Azerbaijan for the second time.

News Agency "Trend", 16 March 2017