Azerbaijan grabs first medal at Baku 2015
Azerbaijani karateka, Ilaha Gasimova won the bronze medal at the karate event held as part of the Baku 2015 European Games.
This is the first medal of Azerbaijan won at the Baku 2015.
Baku 2015 is the first-ever European Games, an exciting and
innovative multi-sport event for the continent. The games started
on June 12 and will last till June 28, 2015.
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 will be representing their nations over 17 days of
competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic
Committees in December 2012.
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