2024-04-29 12:40:47
The Azerbaijani national acrobatic gymnastics team is preparing for the World Cup stages. For most members of the national team, the ongoing competitions of the Azerbaijan and Baku Championships are control training before the stages of the World Cup.
As Day.Az reports, the head coach of the Azerbaijani national acrobatic gymnastics team, Irada Gurbanova, told Trend on Thursday on the sidelines of the 29th Azerbaijan Championship and the Baku Acrobatic Gymnastics Championship.
“Three series of World Cup stages will start in May. At the moment, we are preparing for these Cups; tournaments will also be held in parallel, in which the junior team of the national team will take part. Our main start is in September – the World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships will be held in Portugal. Therefore The competition taking place on April 25-26 can be considered a test tournament. We are also doing some selection for candidates for the national team,” she noted.
Speaking about the preparation of the team members, the head coach noted that the first day of the competition showed that the team was ready to start.
“We have two more weeks of work before the World Cup. We have a good, strong team. So far we have confirmed our results, I believe that this will continue. The competitors at international competitions are strong, these are teams from Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium , Israel, however, we are trying to keep our standards,” said the head coach.
It should be noted that the competitions of the 29th Azerbaijan Championship and the Baku Acrobatic Gymnastics Championship are being held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku on April 25-26.
The participants of the competition are students of the Specialized Children and Youth School of the Olympic Reserve in Gymnastics, the Ojag Sports Club, the Neftchi Sports Club and the Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve No. 13.
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