FILA chief says Baku 2015 Games will be excellently organized
President of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) Nenad
Lalovic has expressed confidence that the inaugural European Games
that will take place in Baku in 2015 will be a success.
“We are absolutely sure that the first European Games will be
excellently organized,” he told journalists. Lalovic praised
preparations for Baku 2015 Games.
He also said FILA decided not to hold a European wrestling
championship next year, adding “the European Games will replace
them”.
Baku 2015 is the first European Games, an exciting and
innovative multi-sport event for the continent, which will take
place on June 12-28, 2015.
There will be 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.
Eleven of the sports will offer qualification opportunities for the
Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Those sports include Archery, Athletics,
Boxing, Cycling, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo,
Triathlon, Wrestling and Volleyball.
Baku was awarded the Games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC)
in December 2012. The Baku European Games Operations Committee
(BEGOC) is organizing and running the Games in co-operation with
the EOC.