Over 200 Ukrainian athletes may qualify for Baku 2015
By Nigar Orujova
The qualifying process is underway now in all participating countries for the inaugural Baku 2015 European Games, to be held in the capital city on June 12-28.
The inaugural sporting event will open in the newly-built brand Olympic Stadium. Through 17 days of competition, over 6,000 sportsmen will represent 50 countries in 20 sports.
Some 220 Ukrainian athletes succeeded in qualifying in no less
than 15 sports. The Ukrainian team is expected to extend up to over
220-230 athletes to appear almost in all sports at the Games.
Eleven sports will face the 1st European Games as a part of their
Qualification System for the Summer Olympics-2016 in Rio.
Earlier, Russia, Serbia and Denmark reported about their preparation to the Games.
--
Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!