Farid Gayibov: Gymnastics plays a key role in the development of sport in Azerbaijan

Baku. 18 December. REPORT.AZ/ "First of all, I would like to thank you for the award. It was a difficult but interesting year for me because at the end of last year I was elected a president of European Union of Gymnastics ", Farid Gayibov, president of the European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) said.

Report informs that he spoke to reporters after awarding ceremony “Winners of the year 2018” held by the Sport Research Center.

The head of the organization who was elected the "Sports Figure of the Year" drew attention to the works done over the past period.

Gayibov also spoke about the achievements of Azerbaijani gymnastics.

UEG President noted that 6 large-scale competitions had been held in Baku this year: "3 World Cups and European Championships were organized in our country. Different international competitions were also held in Baku. Baku will host even more events in 2019. There will be 3 World Cups again. Each of the competitions will be on Olympic sport and will grant license points at the Olympics. While 20-25 countries were represented in the World Cup this year, now, as we see from the forms of order, this figure will be 48-50 for the next year. "

The main result is that gymnastics plays a major role in the development of sport in Azerbaijan.

Notably, today the Baku Olympic Stadium has hosted an awarding ceremony on “Winners of the year 2018” project of the Sport Research Center.