Eighth day of Baku 2015 kicks off
The eighth day of tournaments as part of the Baku 2015 European Games kicked off on June 19.
1. Big names on the mat
Taekwondo, from 09:00
With Serbia's 2012 Olympic champion Milica Mandic, 2015 world
champion Bianca Walkden of Great Britain and French 2015 world
silver medallist Gwladys Epangue in action, the women's Taekwondo
+67kg is shaping up to be a major battle between the sport's
biggest names.
2. Big guns
Shooting, from 09:00
In the women's 50m rifle 3 positions, world champion Beate Gauss of
Germany will be up against Serbia's Ivana Maksimovic and Adela
Sykorova of the Czech Republic, London 2012 Olympic Games silver
and bronze medallists, respectively. The men's double trap features
London 2012 silver medallist Hakan Dalby of Sweden and London
bronze winner, Russia's Vasily Mosin.
3. Hoops and balls and clubs and ribbons
Rhythmic Gymnastics, from 10:00
World all-around champion Yana Kudryavtseva of Russia leaps into
action in the Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-around final and
apparatus qualifications at the National Gymnastics Arena on
Friday.
4. Boxing clever
Boxing, 13:15/18:45 (estimated times)
Britain's Olympic and Commonwealth champion Nicola Adams begins her
bid to add a European Games gold to her medal haul at Crystal Hall
2 when she takes on Katalin Ancsin of Hungary in the women's
flyweight (51kg) division. Fellow Briton Savannah Marshall, the
world and Commonwealth champion at middleweight (75kg), also steps
into the ring for the first time in Baku, where she squares up to
Dutchwoman Nouchka Fontijn.
5. Spikey Serbia
Women's volleyball, 14:30
Serbia, who have won all three of their Pool B games so far, will
face the Netherlands at 14:30 in the day’s must-watch game. Serbia
are also the second-best spiking team after Azerbaijan at this
stage of the competition, so expect plenty of high-octane
action.
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 Baku was awarded the games by the
European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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