Azerbaijan buys 2m euro horse for Olympics
Azerbaijan has purchased France`s best horse for its racer to
take part in the 29th Beijing Summer Olympics.
The horse, which cost 1.97 million euros, replaces Jamal Rahimov`s
ailing stud. Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR had provided
assistance to buy the new horse, Minister of Youth and Sports Azad
Rahimov told a press conference on Tuesday dedicated to the
preparations for the tournament.
Rahimov said 3.15m manats ($3.89m) have been allocated from the
state budget for the preparations and 2.3m manats ($2.83m) of the
amount have been spent so far.
44 athletes will represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics, which is due
to open on Thursday.
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