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Azerbaijani president awards boxing finals winners

27 June 2015 18:43 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani president awards boxing finals winners

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev took part in the ceremony of awarding the winners of the men’s 60 kg boxing event at the Baku 2015 European Games on June 27.

Azerbaijani boxer Albert Selimov captured the gold medal, defeating his opponent from Italy, Sofiane Oumiha, who settled for the silver medal.

The European Games that kicked off June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.

More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees in December 2012.

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