Russian aerobic gymnasts are very pleased with their performance in groups in the qualifying competitions at the European Aerobic Gymnastics Championship in Baku, they said in an interview with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza.
“We finally managed to achieve our goal. For many years, we have been trying to become the first, but never managed to do this. And now we are overwhelmed with emotions, we are very pleased with the way we performed,” the athletes said.
Russians named representatives of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria among their main rivals.
The European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships is being held in Baku for the first time. During three-day championships, senior and junior gymnasts will compete in the programs of 'Individual Women', 'Individual Men', 'Mixed Pairs', 'Trios', 'Groups', as well as 'Aerobic Dance', 'Aerobic Step' (only seniors). In the team competition, the winners will be defined for the five best performances. The championships will bring together gymnasts from 22 countries. In total, the gymnasts will compete for 15 medal sets.
