Islamic Solidarity Games competitions in rhythmic gymnastics start in Baku

The competitions in rhythmic gymnastics of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games started in Baku today. The tournament will last three days.
At 11:00am (MSK), qualifying competitions on individual performances of gymnasts in exercises with a hoop and ball. 

Azerbaijan in qualifications will be represented by gymnasts Marina Durunda, Zhala Piriyeva and Zohra Aghamirova, who will compete with Turkish gymnasts Selen Bektas, Basak Nida Karaevli and Ecem Cankaya, Uzbek gymnasts Anastasiya Serdyukova, Sabina Tashkenbaeva and Nurinisso Usmanova, as well as Dina Ali Alshikh (Syria), Wahyu Putri (Indonesia), Svetlana Rudenko (Kyrgyzstan), Alissa Sadek (Lebanon). 

Kyrgyz gymnast Aigerim Dzhumabekova will perform only with a hoop and her compatriot Ayana Bolotkanova - only with the ball.

Zohra Aghamirova scored 14.95 points in the qualification round in the exercises with the ball.

Individual qualifications in exercises with clubs and ribbon will be held on May 13 (17:30pm), after which the results of the individual all-round qualifications will be defined. The finals for four categories will be held on Sunday (17:30pm). 

Athletes will compete in artistic gymnastics on May 13. The weekend will be fully devoted to qualifications, which will determine the winners of the women's and men's all-around team finals.

The qualifying competitions in floor exercises, bars and rings exercises will be held on Saturday at 8:00 (MSK). The gymnasts will also compete for reaching the finals in the uneven bars and the vault exercises. On Sunday at 8:00 the men's qualifications were held in the vault, pommel horse and horizontal bar exercises, the women's qualifications will be held in the floor and the beam exercises.

Finals in floor exercises will be held on May 15 (among men - at 11:00am, among women - at 16:30pm).