Marian Geogiyev Kolev: Azerbaijani national aerobic gymnastics team has promising future

Head coach of the Azerbaijani national aerobic gymnastics team Marian Geogiyev Kolev, speaking with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, express satisfaction with his team's performance at the European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships in Baku.

At the same time, the coach stressed that the team is able to perform much better. "They can do many times better," he said, noting that the program was performed at a high level during the last training session.

The coach explained that it is the first performance in aerobic gymnastics for the national team, as the team now includes former rhythmic gymnasts. "This is their first aerobic performance. And emotional stress played a big role. We will go all out on Sunday," he said.

"I am sure they can make it work," the coach added.

The European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships is being held in Baku for the first time. During three-day championships, senior and junior gymnasts will compete in the programs of 'Individual Women', 'Individual Men', 'Mixed Pairs', 'Trios', 'Groups', as well as 'Aerobic Dance', 'Aerobic Step' (only seniors). In the team competition, the winners will be defined for the five best performances. The championships will bring together gymnasts from 22 countries. In total, the gymnasts will compete for 15 medal sets.