President of the European Gymnastics, our compatriot Farid Haibov in his traditional monthly appeal to the European gymnastic public paid special attention to the fact that in May Azerbaijan, there were already three major international competitions.
“In early May, I am impressed by the two championships in Europe (the Swiss Basel was euro in sports gymnastics, and in Russian Sochi – on across trampoline and Tubling – Ed.), went to his native Baku, – writes Farid Haibov. – On May 7-9, there was a stage of the World Cup in rhythmic gymnastics. The Federation of Gymnastics of Azerbaijan (AGF) after a long break conducted successful competitions. As always, AGF distinguished itself a new idea, this time due to the circumstances associated with the pandemic. On the use of drones for presenting medals At this event, a number of popular world TV channels told. It was great to see our sport in the news and in the main social networks, and I am convinced that such lighting will contribute to the further innovation and popularity of gymnastics. We need to work in this direction. Our gymnastics stars must be more often appear on TV screens to contribute to the further development of our sport all over the world.
The 9th World Competitions among the age groups of the world and the 16th World Sports Aerobics were followed by the rhythmic gymnastics event in Baku. These competitions were postponed since last year. Finally, family members of sports aerobics met in Baku. They were happy and with optimism looked into the future. Events were quite successful. In general, it was the first world championship under this discipline, organized during the pandemic period. This year, on September 17-19, the 12th European Championship will be held in Pesaro (Italy). “
Last month, Farid Haibov also visited competitions in Romania and in Egypt.
“In May we had many events, on most of which I could attend. This means that life returns to the normal course, and we return to the usual schedule. Now we must use this time to reset the settings and shift the gear, To catch up and double our efforts to develop our sport, “concluded the president of European gymnastics.