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Azerbaijani diver wins gold at Baku 2017

Azerbaijani diver wins gold at Baku 2017

Diving competitions are underway as part of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Trend reports. Azerbaijani diver Olga Bykovskaia has captured a gold medal in women's 3m springboard finals. The Baku 2017 Islamic …

Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov: every medal is important

Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov: every medal is important

In sport, everyone is striving for victory, but sometimes it is impossible to achieve, the head coach of the Azerbaijani national diving team, Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov, said to a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza. The members of his team performed at …

Artem Danilov: next time I will perform better

Artem Danilov: next time I will perform better

Azerbaijani diver Artem Danilov, who won the bronze medal in synchronized diving 3 m springboard men at the Islamic Solidarity Gamesin Baku, could have shown the best result, but luck was not on his side, the athlete said in an interview with a …

Olga Bykovskaya: Baku is a city of kind-hearted people

Olga Bykovskaya: Baku is a city of kind-hearted people

Baku is a city of very kind-hearted people, Olga Bykovskaya, diving gold medalist of the Islamic Games, said in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza. "I really liked the organization of the Islamic Games. People here …

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the fifteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 30 medal sets: boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, basketball, water polo, volleyball, badminton, handball, mountain biking, athletics, diving, triathlon, …

 Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the thirteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 11 medal sets: boxing, badminton, women's wrestling, canoe/kayak slalom, athletics, sailing, beach volleyball, diving, triathlon, taekwondo and …

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the eleventh day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 25 medal sets: boxing, cycling, rowing and canoeing, athletics, open water swimming, diving, gymnastics, sailing, synchronized swimming, table tennis, …

Ninth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Ninth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the ninth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 22 medal sets in following competitions: boxing, cycling, athletics, shooting, diving, golf, gymnastics, sailing, fencing, weightlifting, tennis and …

Fifth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Fifth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

The fifth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro started today. Athletes will contend for 20 medal sets: rowing, cycling, canoe/kayak slalom, shooting, gymnastics, judo, diving, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis, swimming, volleyball …

 What to expect from fourth day of Olympic Games?

What to expect from fourth day of Olympic Games?

The fourth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro started today. Athletes will contend for 9 medal sets: canoe/kayak slalom, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, judo, shooting, swimming and weight lifting.  …

Ilya Molchanov to compete for gold in men's diving competitions

Ilya Molchanov to compete for gold in men's diving competitions

Russian athlete Ilya Molchanov took first place in men's 3m springboard preliminary round, gaining 528.45 points. James Heatley (UK), Yuri Naurozav (Belarus), Cao Tre Le Nguyen (Germany), Ruslan Adriano Cristofori (Italy), Andreas …

Russians Nekrasova and Polyakova to compete for medals in diving

Russians Nekrasova and Polyakova to compete for medals in diving

The qualifying round of the women’s 1m springboard event has ended at the First European Games in Baku. Two representatives of the Russian national team, Ekaterina Nekrasova and Maria Polyakova, gained the first and third highest scores.

Chuynysheva wins silver in 10m dive

Chuynysheva wins silver in 10m dive

Anna Chuynysheva (Russia) has won silver (429.15 points) in women's 10m diving. Louise Tulson (UK) won gold (512.20 points), Elena Wassen (Germany) won bronze (410.40 points). …