Yelena Pavlukhina signs contract with "Ljubljana"

9 March 2015 12:48 (UTC+04:00)

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By Amina Nazarli

Yelena Pavlukhina, the member of Azerbaijan cycling team on track category signed a contract with the Slovenian national team "Ljubljana" road racing.

According to the International Cycling Federation the cyclists have a chance to participate both in track and road racing categories.

Yelena will represent "Ljubljana" team in this category in the first European Games to be held in Baku this summer.

Earlier, the presentation of the team was held in Slovenian city Ljubljana.

Sahib Alakbarov, Vice-president of the Azerbaijan Cycling Federation and Farhad Aliyev, General Secretary of the Federation attended the event.

Addressing the event, Alakbarov wished good luck to Yelana and hoped she will be helpful for the Slovenian team.

Yelena's first experience within the team was in a one-day event "Strade Bianche" which was held in Italy on March 7.

Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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