Azerbaijani athletes achieves great success at past competitions
Azerbaijani athletes have already achieved great success at the past competitions, said Simon Clegg, the chief operating officer of Baku 2015 European Games.
He made the remarks on June 14 at a press conference in Baku.
Clegg added that the attendance at the past competitions was very high.
At all the competitions, over 90 percent of the seats were occupied, Clegg added.
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28.
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 (EOC) in December 2012.
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