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Azerbaijani judokas to join World University Games

11 August 2017 14:11 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani judokas to join World University Games

By Laman Ismayilova

The Azerbaijani judo team will take part in the 2017 Summer Universiade to be held on August 19-27 in Taipei, Taiwan.

The national team includes Oruj Valizade (60 kg), Telman Veliyev (73 kg), Firudin Dadashov (90 kg) and Zelim Kotsoev (100 kg), azerisport.com reported.

The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

The Championships are open to all student athletes that have not been out of university or its equivalent for more than a year and that are between 17 and 28 years old.

The Summer Universiade consists of 14 compulsory sports and up to 3 optional sports chosen by the host country. The record figures are 10,622 participants in Shenzhen, China, in 2011 and 174 countries in Daegu, Korea, in 2003.

The logo of the games is an image of the Chinese character, "Bei" (北), which means North and is the abbreviation of the host city of the 2017 Summer Universiade, Taipei.

The logo is based on the shape of letter U which may stand for Universiade, United, and University.

The mascot of the games is Bravo, a Formosan Black Bear. The gold medal worn by the mascot represents victory.

The mascot overall, represents the athletes' self-challenge and pursuit for excellence and hope and joy of all Universiade participating athletes from around the world.

The 2019 Winter Universiade will take place in Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Federation on March 2-12,2019.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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