Azerbaijan to join 2014 Special Olympics
Azerbaijan will join the 2014 Special Olympics European Summer Games.
Azerbaijani Special Olympic Committee president Shahin Aliyev announced about this last week, AzerTag state news agency reported.
He noted that the "Special Olympics" will be organized from September 9 till 20, in Belgium and will involve about 2,000 athletes from 58 European countries and Eurasia.
Aliyev said a delegation of 42 members of Azerbaijani Special Olympic Committee will participate at the event.
Azerbaijani team will compete in athletics, badminton, basketball, judo, table tennis, swimming, he said.
The organization of the 2014's European Summer Games Special Olympics hopes during these eight days of competition to break the taboo, and thus contribute to the integration of people with mental disabilities.
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