Sports Minister Azad Rahimov: Over 12 Azerbaijani athletes and 3 referees to attend first Summer Youth Olympic Games

About 12 sportsmen and three referees from Azerbaijan will attend the first Summer Youth Olympic Games, Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov said at a press-conference on preparations for the Olympics.

The first summer Youth Olympic games will be held in Singapore August 14-26, 2010.

"Azerbaijani athletes will compete in wrestling, boxing, rowing, tae kwon do, judo, weightlifting," Minister said. He added, that Azerbaijani team will leave for Singapore on Friday .

Over 3,500 athletes on 29 kinds of sport will compete in Singapore. Each type has its own age group: 15-16 years, 16-17 years or 17-18 years. The number of kinds of sport in the program is identical to the program for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012.


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