Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 September / Trend / Elvin Agadadayev, 14-year old Azerbaijani sport gymnast, gained a gold medal in the Bosporus Cup international tournament held in Istanbul on 14 September.
According to the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation, he gained the first place in a final of exercising on horse, immediately overriding on it and making circles and swings without mistakes and did not give even a second to a Turkish gymnast to dream of a gold medal.
"It is not all, Rza Aliyev, a judge of the international category, who proved himself correctly and fairly at the board of referees of the tournament, said. Elvin gained a bronze medal in Istanbul and he won it contesting in parallel bars and created a furor. He performed very well and obtained judges' recognition, rivals' admiration and high comments of the world specialists. Moreover, this tournament was Elvin's debut at the international stage. You see, his first performance at the international stage was successful and the Azerbaijani National Anthem was sounded, and our three-color flag waved under vaults of the Ahmet Jomert Sport Complex!"
Shakir Shikhaliyev, the leader of the team, gained a silver medal performing at the senior group. The participant of the last European Championship, ranked the second completing his complex combination at the same parallel bars and outstripping the experienced French gymnast more than one point.
"It has been the first success of the Azerbaijani sport gymnastics since 1995, Rufat Abbasov, a coach said. I remember how Kamran Farzaliyev stood at the podium of separate final tournaments held in Iran."
The way to the victory passed through continuous training: Elvin passed training both in Baku and Moscow and Shakir was in three-month training in Minsk. Their victories are great services of specialists working with them.
The gymnasts will be prepared to the tournaments. The first is a stage of the World Cup in Stuttgart to be held in November. Shikhaliyev will leave for training in Germany to be well prepared for the upcoming tournament and not to lose his optimistic form.
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