Baku, Azerbaijan, June 5
By Aygun Badalova - Trend:
Romanian Olympics and Sports Committee (COSR) has approved the Romanian delegation for the First European Games to be held in Baku on June 12-28, Romanian national news agency Agerpres reported.
Romania will be represented in the European Games by 147 athletes - 83 men and 64 women.
Romania's head of mission to the European Games in Baku will be Alexandru Epuran, while Florin Gurbanescu will serve as deputy head of mission.
Baku 2015 is the first-ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent that will take place on June 12-28, 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing 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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