Two silver medals were won by Azerbaijani acrobats the world competitions of age groups in acrobatic gymnastics in the Chinese city of Putian, which finished on March 29th. Azerbaijan was represented in the age categories of 12-18 and 13-19 years.
According to the Gymnastics Federation of Azerbaijan, the first ‘silver’ was won by a mixed couple, Agasif Rahimov and Nurcan Jabbarly (12-18), who won second place in the final combined exercise, receiving from the judges 27.650 points. A couple from Russia, who became the first with the score of 28.000 points, was ahead of the Azerbaijani couple by only 0.35 points. Third place was shared by acrobats from the UK and Kazakhstan (27.350).
After a mixed couple, the silver was won by the men's couple of Seymour Jafarov and Murad Akbarov ( the age group 13-19 years), who scored 27.500 points in the combined exercise. First and second places were taken by a couple from Russia (28.050) and the UK (27,000), respectively.
Within six months of the European competition among the mixed pairs, a couple who won the bronze medal managed to improve their program and achieve a better result, and a men's couple retained second place in the highest age category. Previously they performed in the age group of 12-18 years. This was the first time in the history of the Azerbaijani acrobatics at world level competitions.
Another mixed couple from Azerbaijan, Abdullah Al-Meshayhi and Ruhidil Gurbanli, made their first appearance in competitions of this scale and also showed good results. They scored 53.100 points in a sum of two competitions in the qualifying rounds, but they lost to a couple from Spain, as according to the rules of the competitions, only one couple from any country can participate in the finals.
