Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr I. Shekinski / Azerbaijani gymnast Anna Gurbannova, gained one silver and two bronze medals at the international tournament held in Slovakia.
Press Service of the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation has reported that Gurbannova was awarded with a silver medal for performance with a skipping-rope and two bronze medals for performances with club and ribbon.
"The tournament in Bratislava was attended by the most prominent gymnasts of the world. Eugenia Kanayeva from Russia, Elizabeth Paisieva from Bulgaria, and others were among them. I was pleased to be a competitive for Kanayeva, who won the tournament, and to leave behind me Paisieva," Gurbanova noted.
Azerbaijani junior team, which is taking preparations for summer European championship to be held in Baku, was a success as well. First three places were gained by Russia, Belarus, and Slovakia. A team from Greece was the fourth.
Another Azerbaijani gymnast Zeynab Javadli attended an international tournament in Riga ( Latvia). She succeeded in performances with clubs and ribbon and was the 8th. Golden medals were awarded to Russian gymnast Marina Shpekht.
Anna Gurbanova will attend a Grand-Prix tournament to be held in Marbell ( Spain) on 21-22 April. World Cup championship will be held in Saint-Petersburg this week-end. Vafa Huseynova, Anna Bitiyeva, Valeria Egay, Alina Trepina, Anastasia Prasolova and Anastasia Makarova will represent Azerbaijan.