From November 9 to 11, the European sports aerobics championship for juniors and U15 group was held in Ganja (Azerbaijan), bringing together participants from 20 countries.
The Donetsk region was represented in the Ukrainian national team by athletes of the Regional children's and youth sports school and the Comprehensive children's and youth sports school of the Kurakhove city council.
Athletes from the Myrnohrad and Kurakhove demonstrated a high level of skill and won a full set of awards: gold, silver and bronze.
The winners in the “Group” program were Hanna Bazunova and Diana Korshun.
Also, Diana Korshun won silver in the “Aerodance” program.
In the individual women's competition Hanna Bazunova won bronze.
Hanna Bazunova and Diana Korshun also took fourth place in the “Trio” program, and Dmytro Bokhan and Yaroslava Homenyuk were seventh in the “Aerodance” program.
In the team competition, the Ukrainian athletes took second place in U15 group and fifth place among juniors.
The coaches of the team from Donetsk region at the championship were Ilona Karpenko and Olena Kutseva.
After the competition, the athletes were invited to a reception at the Embassy of Ukraine in Azerbaijan, where they were congratulated on their high achievements and commended for representing Ukraine with dignity on the international stage.