The first qualifying competitions in women's artistic gymnastics of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games have finished in Baku. Today, the gymnasts showed their skills in base jump and exercises on multi-high bars. Azerbaijani national team showed the best result.
Azerbaijan’s Yulia Inshina ranked the first by scoring 12.250 in the exercises on uneven bars and reached the finals, Trend reports.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s Ekaterina Tishkova scored 11.600 and also reached the finals. Moreover, Turkey’s Demet Mutlu and Ekin Morova, as well as Indonesia’s Rifda Irfanaluthfi and Tazsa Devira reached the artistic gymnastics finals.
Azerbaijan’s Marina Nekrasova and Yulia Inshina also advanced to finals of vault exercises. Uzbekistan’s Oksana Chusovitina, Turkey’s Demet Mutlu and Ekin Morova, and Indonesia’s Rifda Irfanaluthfi and Armartiani Amartiani reached the finals as well.
The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games are held in Baku from May 8 to 22. Athletes will compete at 16 sports facilities in 20 types of sports - 17 Olympic and three non-Olympic ones. Competitions in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics were included in the program of Islamic Solidarity Games for the first time at the initiative of the First Vice President of Azerbaijan, President of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation, Mehriban Aliyeva.
