SPORTS
27TH WORLD GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF IN BAKU
The competitions will draw such stars of the world gymnastics as Irina Chashina (Russia), Anna Bessonova, Natalia Godunko (Ukraine), Inna Zhukova (Belarus), Simona Peicheva, Elizabeth Pisiyeva (Bulgaria), Almudena Sid, Jenifer Kolino (Spain), Aliya Yusupova (Kazakhstan). Azerbaijani gymnasts Dinara Gimatova, Anna Gurbanova and Vafa Huseynova as well as national team consisted of Anna Bitiyeva, Dina Gorina, Valeriya Yegay, Alina Trepina, Anastasia Prosolova and Olesya Olenina will also compete for the medals.
Top officials of the international gymnastics federation led by its president Bruno Grandi and heads of gymnastics federations of all continents arrived in Baku to watch the world championship.
Championship will be followed by the sitting of the executive committee of the international gymnastics to be held October 10-11.