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Azerbaijan grabs first medal at Baku 2015

13 June 2015 16:42 (UTC+04:00)
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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