Hungary celebrates 100 Days To Go to Baku 2015
By Nigar Orujova
The Hungarian National Olympic Committee and the embassy of Azerbaijan in Budapest have held a presentation entitled “Baku-2015: 100 To Go”.
The inaugural sporting event will open in the newly-built brand Olympic Stadium in Baku on June 12. Through 17 days of competition, over 6,000 sportsmen will represent 50 countries in 20 sports.
Hungarian officials, representatives of the sports community,
journalists, and staff members of the Azerbaijani embassy attended
the ceremony.
Istvan Simicsko, Hungarian Minister of State for Sport and Youth
Affairs, described the presentation of Baku-2015 by the Heydar
Aliyev Foundation last month as one of the most important events in
the cultural and sporting life of Budapest.
He highlighted Hungary's intention to host the Summer Olympics in
2024, stressing the importance of benefiting from Baku's
experience.
He expressed confidence that Baku-2015 Olympic Games will open a
new, remarkable chapter in the history of sport in Europe.
Director of Sports for the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Olympic
champion Laszlo Fabian said that he has already been in Baku twice
as part of a Hungarian delegation in connection with the
organization of the Games. He hailed the preparation for the
event.
The ceremony featured demonstration of a documentary made by the
Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the European Games Organizing
Committee on preparation for the first European Games.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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