Turkey pins high hopes on athletes at Baku 2017
By Amina Nazarli
Turkish athletes have been preparing for the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games, to be held in Baku, at the highest level, Turkey’s media outlets reported citing country’s Youth and Sports Minister Akif Cagatay Kılıc.
“Our athletes have been successfully performing in international competitions in recent years,” the minister said.
Kilic expressed confidence that Turkish athletes will successfully perform at the Baku 2017 Games as well.
The minister is expected to participate in the opening ceremony of the upcoming Islamic Solidarity Games.
The Turkish team, consisting of 339 athletes, will be the largest at the Baku 2017 Games.
The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games will be held on May 12-22 in Baku. About 6,000 athletes from 57 countries will compete in the Games.
Athletes from Islamic countries will be representing their nations over 10 days of competition across 20 different sports which include 23 disciplines (Athletics and Para Athletics, Aquatics – Diving, Aquatics – Swimming, Aquatics – Water Polo, Basketball 3x3, Football, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Wushu, Table Tennis, Handball, Judo and Blind Judo, Wrestling – Greco, Wrestling – Freestyle, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Boxing, Zurkhaneh, Karate, Taekwondo and Weightlifting) in 16 world-class sporting venues in Baku.
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