The Golden debute!

On June 16-19 of this year in Baku (Azerbaijan) took place the 1st Baku Gym for All International Challenge. 46 teams from 3 countries took part in this tournament with 460 participants. The Georgian team was among these participants. It should be noted that this was a historical fact because so far the Georgian team has not participated in the tournaments held abroad in the GFA discipline. Georgia was represented by the member club of our Federation- the Rhythmic gymnastics school team "Dio Dance". In general, in the GFA discipline are held non-competitive tournaments and festivals , but this tournament was competitive. 4 evaluators (not judges) evaluated the performance of the teams by 4 criteria: --entertainment value -- Innovation, originality and diversity -- Technique, quality, safety --General impression. According to the rules of Gymnastics for All, it is possible for several teams to take first place, several teams to take second place, and all other participating teams would take third places. Also, according to the rules, the evaluators calculate the points and then announce the places at the time of awarding ceremony, but the points are not published. At this tournament the 4 evaluators were: Mrs. Hlif Porgeirsdottir-President of the EG Technical Committee of Gymnastics for All, Mr. Ruslan Eyvazov-Member of the EG Technical Committee of Gymnastics for All, Mr.Kamil Guliyev--Head coreographer of the RG Azerbaijan National team and Mr.Akif Karimli--coreographer of the RG Azerbaijan Gymnastics team. Our team did a great job and tied for first place with several other teams! They were awarded gold medals and diplomas. Also, the next day, our team, together with some other outstanding teams, participated in the gala show. Our historical gold team lineup is as follows: Gymnasts: Lizi Grigalashvili, Ana Kikvidze, Tamar Mikeladze, Anastasia Iremashvili and Tamar Kurtauli. Head and coach of the club: Mrs. Inga Kurashvili. Head of Delegation: Mr.Giorgi Gegetchkori. Thank you girls for participating and congratulations on this great success! We wish you more success in the future! Thanks to the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation and the organizing committee for such a beautiful tournament and hospitality! Thanks to Mrs. Hlif Porgeirsdottir-President of the EG Technical Committee of Gymnastics for All, Mr. Ruslan Eyvazov-Member of the EG Technical Committee of Gymnastics for All their comments and suggestions.