Azerbaijani and Turkish athletes showed the best results of artistic gymnastics competitions at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.
Azerbaijan's Murad Agharzayev ranked the first by scoring 14.500 and reached the finals of men’s floor exercises. Turkey’s Ferhat Arican and Ahmet Onder, Algeria’s Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg and Ahmed Anis Maoudj, Qatar’s Ahmed Aldyani, Indonesia’s Agung Akbar and Iran’s Saeedreza Keikha reached the finals as well, Trend reports.
Azerbaijan’s Bence Talas and Murad Agharzayev ranked the second and fourth, respectively, and reached the finals in men’s rings event.
Turkey’s Ibrahim Colak and Ferhat Arican, Iran’s Hadi Khanarinejad and Saeedreza Keikha, Qatar’s Ahmed Aldyani, and Indonesia’s Ashari Arif reached the finals in men’s rings event as well.
Timur Bairamov and Bence Talas ranked the third and fifth, respectively, and reached the uneven bars finals. Meanwhile, Turkey’s Ferhat Arican and Ibrahim Colak, Algeria’s Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg and Hillal Metidji and Iran’s Saman Madani and Hadi Khanarinejad also reached the uneven bars finals.
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.
