05. Januar 2014  
Azerbaiijan  
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Azerbaijani gymnasts won 85 medals at various sports events in 2013

85 Azerbaijani gymnastics medals that means 2 gold, 26 silver, and 27 bronze medals.
The most important title of the new Olympic cycle is a silver medal which was won in the final of the European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Vienna by the junior group. The team consisted of Nilufar Niftalyeva, Gulsum Shafizade, Sabina Gummatova, Alexandra Platonova, Emilia Bagiyeva, and Aynur Mustafayeva.
Azerbaijani athlete and champion Marina Durunda came out the leader in a number of awards, winning 14 medals, including 4 gold.

... on Top: Rhythmic Gymnastics
The spectacular performance of the national rhythmic gymnastics champion Marina Durunda and another Azerbaijani gymnast Lala Yusifova in the finals of the European and World championships on gymnastics was especially memorable to the audience.

Among other successful gymnasts of 2013 are juniors Kamran Hajiyev and Anton Yashin, men and women duos in acrobatics Aynur Huseynova-Narmin Ramazanova, Lala Huseynova-Hoshgadam Guliyeva, and Elchin Alibekov-Emin Gulmammadli, and jumper on the tumbling track Mikhail Malkin.

Anna Pavlova (AZE)