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Baku 2015: Netherlands grabs two medals in women’s road cycling events

Baku 2015 : EUROGAMES Materials 18 June 2015 15:59 (UTC +04:00)
Women’s individual time trial events in road cycling, held as part of the First European Games in Baku wrapped up June 18.
Baku 2015: Netherlands grabs two medals in women’s road cycling events

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 18
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:

Women's individual time trial events in road cycling, held as part of the First European Games in Baku wrapped up June 18.

Dutch athlete Ellen van Dijk won the gold medal in these events (32:26.87)

The Netherlands also grabbed the bronze medal in these events as the country's representative Annemiek van Vleuten ranked the third (33:33.56).

Ukraine's athlete Ganna Solovei won the silver medal (33:03.37).

Azerbaijan's representative in these competitions, Olena Pavlukhina (33:57.45) ranked sixth.
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 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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