First European Games - opportunity to show Azerbaijan as country

The first European Games is the opportunity to show Azerbaijan as a country, Malena Mard, head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan told reporters May 6.

Over 6,000 top European athletes will participate in this truly great sports event, she said.
Mard added that as many people in Europe and worldwide, she is looking forward to this great event.

Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take place on June 12-28, 2015.

There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.

Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.

/By Trend/