Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Huseyn Valiyev - Trend:
The first European Games in Baku are magnificent, Tamas Weisz, Hungarian beach soccer coach, told Trend June 28.
"Organizing of the games, the stadiums, the staff - everything is at a professional level," he said. "This is an amazing event! Our team has made every effort to adequately participate in the competitions."
"This is not my first visit to Baku," Weisz said.
"I have visited Baku three times," he said. "I like the city. I think that Azerbaijan is a very attractive place for tourists. I will recommend my friends to visit it."
The European Games kicked off in Baku June 12 and 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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