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Parade dedicated to European Games held in Baku

13 July 2015 09:44 (UTC+04:00)
Parade dedicated to European Games held in Baku

A special event dedicated to Azerbaijan's national team athletes and volunteers of the first European Games was held in Baku on Sunday.

The event began with a parade of "Baku 2015" with the participation of Azerbaijani sportsmen and volunteers European Games.

The event was held at the initiative of the Youth and Sport Ministry of Azerbaijan and the Baku 2015 European Games Operations Committee.

The parade continued with the concert program.

The First European Games kicked off in Baku June 12 and wrapped up June 28. The 17-day excited sporting event kicked off in Baku on June 12. It hosted more than 6,000 athletes from 50 European countries to compete in 20 sports. Some 16 of sports were Olympic, while four including karate, basketball 3x3, beach soccer and sambo were new sports to this format.

Russia, represented by a team of 351 athletes, won the overall ranking with unbeatable 164 medals, 79 of which were gold medals.

The country was followed by Azerbaijan with 56 medals and the UK with 47 medals.

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