Sport brings peace to people, Israeli athlete says
Sport brings a peace, because during competitions, all countries come together and have a handshake, Israeli athlete (women’s hammer throw) Evgenia Zabolotni-Zagynayko, who is participating at the First European Games in Baku, told Trend June 23.
The First European Games is all about the sport. “We all have to do sports, not politics.”
Zabolotni-Zagynayko added that she and her team are very pleased and happy with the organization of the First European Games in Baku.
The European Games that kicked off 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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