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Azerbaijan grabs first medal at Baku 2015

Baku 2015 : EUROGAMES Materials 13 June 2015 17:35 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijani female karateka, Ilaha Gasimova, won the bronze medal in kumite karate in the weight category of up to 55 kg – a first medal won by Azerbaijan at the European Games.
Azerbaijan grabs first medal at Baku 2015

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Azerbaijani female karateka, Ilaha Gasimova, won the bronze medal in kumite karate in the weight category of up to 55 kg - a first medal won by Azerbaijan at the European Games.

In the contest for the medal, Gasimova defeated Spanish Cristina Ferrer Garcia.

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 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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