Home ground helped Azerbaijani gymnast Samad Mammadli to win the silver medal in the pommel horse competitions at the XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, he said, speaking with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza.
Samad Mammadli stressed that although one could think that performing such exercises is easy, in fact it is very difficult. "I tried to do my best. It could have been better. But I will try to do much better next time," the athlete assured.
"I was at many competitions, but unfortunately there were no results. This is the first step,” the Azerbaijani gymnast explained, noting that this time he lacked confidence.
Samad Mammadli acknowledged that pommel horse is his favorite apparatus, noting that he tried to give a good showing. In general, according to the results of the competition, the gymnast rated his performance as average.
"I can do much better, I just need more practice," he said, stressing that the coach always tells him the same.
The gymnast said that his whole family, all his relatives cheered him in the National Gymnastics Arena stands.
The XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival is being held in Baku on July 21-27. The festival will be attended by more than 3,900 athletes from 48 European countries. Athletes will compete in ten kinds of sports - gymnastics, athletics, basketball, cycling, handball, judo, swimming, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. In total, athletes will compete for 135 sets of medals.
