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National boxers secure Rio 2016 licenses

24 June 2016 [14:00] - TODAY.AZ

/By Azernews/

By Laman Ismayilova

Baku hosts the last license tournament on boxing for the Rio-2016 Summer Olympic Games scheduled for this August.

Today, Azerbaijani boxer Rufat Guseynov at 49kg will compete with Mexican athlete Joselito Velazquez.

The next fight will take place between Teymur Mammadov at 81kg and his rival Pyotr Hamukov (Russia). Both fighters have already won a license for RIO 2016.

Azerbaijan will send more than 60 strongest athletes to compete in the leading international sporting event Olympic Games, this year hosted by the second most populous municipality in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro.

The major international event will take place in Brazilian Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to August 21. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees are expected to join this big sporting event.

Azerbaijan has secured qualifications in wrestling, gymnastics, rowing, boxing, taekwondo, athletics, weightlifter, Paralympics sports and more.

Moreover, national athletes have already won license in new sports including triathlon, bike track, and canoe slalom.

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