Russia’s squad in Baku for European Games
The athletes and delegations of the countries arrive in Azerbaijan to take part in the first European Games to be held in Baku.
The group of the Russian athletes who are taking part in Games arrived in Azerbaijan on June 10.
Athletes of the neighboring country at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport were met by the staff of Operational Committee "Baku-2015" and volunteers of the first European Games. By special buses the sportsmen were taken to the Athletes Village.
Russia at the first European Games is represented by 360 athletes on all sports, except for track and field athletics, including 34 world champions and 7 Olympic champions.
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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