SPORTS
DINARA GIMATOVA RANKED EIGHTH
Azerbaijani gymnast Dinara Gimatova has ranked eighth in the all-round at the 3rd stage of World Calisthenics Cup, held in Saragosa, Spain. According to the National Gymnastics Federation’s press-service, Dinara has gained the score 97,250. She performed best in club exercises. First two places were won by Russians Irina Chashina and Alina Kabayeva respectively, while the third place was secured by Byelorussian gymnast Inna Zhukova.
Federation officials hope that Azerbaijani sportsmen will perform better at the World Calisthenics Championship to be held in Budapest between September 24 and 28. At this tournament, the sportsmen will compete for licenses to Olympic games 2004. To gain it, she must join the ranks of 15 world’s best all-round gymnast. At present, she is training in the Olympic base in Novogorsk, in a suburb Moscow.