Day 16 of Baku 2015 kicks off
The 16th day of the First European Games in Baku kicked off June 27.
Badminton, beach soccer, boxing, fencing, judo, swimming and volleyball events will be held today.
The athletes will compete for 27 medal sets: 2 sets in badminton, five in boxing, three in fencing, five in judo, eleven in swimming and one in volleyball.
Azerbaijani athletes will participate in all events to be held June 27, except for badminton.
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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