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Living conditions for Baku 2015 participants comply with Olympic requirements

11 June 2015 12:07 (UTC+04:00)
Living conditions for Baku 2015 participants comply with Olympic requirements

The head of the Russian delegation to Baku 2015 European Games, Igor Kazikov, has praised the living conditions for the participants of the Games that are to kick off June 12.

Speaking to the Tass news agency Kazikov said the conditions, in which the participants of the upcoming Baku 2015 are to live, fully comply with the Olympic requirements.

The athletes and representatives of delegations are being gradually moved into rooms.

“The living conditions correspond to that of Olympic,” Kazikov added.

Baku 2015 is the first-ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent that 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.

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