Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Huseyn Veliyev, Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
The organization of the first European Games in Baku is very good, participant of the first European Games, Polish men's 400m individual medley swimmer Karol Zbutowicz told Trend.
The Athletes' Village is very competitive, he said.
He went on to add that the way from the pool is quite long from the Athletes' Village, and it takes about 15 minutes to get there.
"It is my first time in Azerbaijan," he said. "I have never visited a country like this. I would like to come to Baku for some more competitions."
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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