First lady awards artistic Baku 2015 gymnastics winners
Mehriban Aliyeva, Azerbaijan’s First Lady, chairperson of the Baku 2015 European Games Organizing Committee and president of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation, took part in the ceremony of awarding the winners of the men’s pommel horse artistic gymnastics event at the Baku 2015 on June 20.
Slovenian Saso Bertoncelj grabbed gold, while Azerbaijani
gymnast Oleg Stepko won silver in artistic gymnastics pommel horse
exercise within the framework of the first European Games.
British Brinn Bevan won bronze.
Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva has awarded the winners of
the competition.
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 came to Baku to
represent 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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