Baku sporting facilities ready to host Islamic Solidarity Games
The temporary structures built on the area for the beach
volleyball, water polo and 3x3 basketball within the framework of
the European Games are all very efficient and with the viewing
stands are nicely put together, a staff member of the UK delegation
at the European Games, Stephen Hubbard told Trend on June 19.
He thinks that these temporary sporting facilities are also ready
to host the Islamic Solidarity Games in a couple of years.
Hubbard said it was his first time in Baku and he noticed there
weren't too many old buildings in the city. He said he was
expecting to see some "Soviet-era big blocks", however some of them
have been removed and there are a lot of new buildings.
“There are also some buildings which are in a distinctively
Azerbaijani style,” he said, adding that these buildings are
neither Iranian, nor Western.
“They are not buildings you expect to see in Russia,” said Hubbard.
He added that the buildings represent an interesting mix of the
palaces from the East or South with the Western interior.
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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