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Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani athletes’ victories at Islamic Solidarity Games – this year’s biggest victory

Politics Materials 18 December 2017 14:45 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan's biggest victory this year was the victories of Azerbaijani athletes at the Islamic Solidarity Games, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani athletes’ victories at Islamic Solidarity Games – this year’s biggest victory

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 18

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Azerbaijan's biggest victory this year was the victories of Azerbaijani athletes at the Islamic Solidarity Games, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

He made the remarks at a ceremony dedicated to sports results of 2017 at the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee (NOC) on Dec. 18.

“This year the Azerbaijani athletes made our people happy with great victories. Sports are rapidly developing in Azerbaijan. Every year, our athletes achieve high results at various international competitions, win medals. The number of medals is also more than enough this year. The Azerbaijani athletes won 851 medals at all international competitions this year, of which 347 are gold medals. The number of medals is bigger compared to the previous year,” said President Aliyev.

This shows that sports are developing dynamically and the Azerbaijani athletes are successively achieving great victories, he noted.

Azerbaijan achieved many sports victories this year, said the head of state.

“Our chess players became European champions for the third time. This is a great victory, a great result. This result shows that our athletes are at the highest level in combat, team and intellectual sports. Becoming the European chess champions is a great achievement, a great victory indeed,” added President Aliyev.

“This year, our two athletes, Mahammadrasul Majidov and Haji Aliyev, became world champions in boxing and freestyle wrestling. This is also a historic victory. To become a three-time world champion in Olympic sports is a great victory, great success,” said the president.

He noted that another Azerbaijani athlete, Ramil Guliyev, became the world champion in athletics this year, and added that this is also a historic victory.

President Aliyev went on to say that the Azerbaijani athletes have also shown very good results in team sports.

The country’s women volleyball team ranked fourth at the 2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship held in Baku, said the president.

He noted that it is a great achievement to rank fourth in volleyball, which is a very popular kind of sports in Europe.

Azerbaijani football players – Qarabag FC – participated in the final stages of the UEFA Champions League for the first time, said President Aliyev.

“It is a great victory of Azerbaijani football, and the team with dignity represented our country, our people and Karabakh in these games,” added the head of state.

“Of course, this year’s biggest victory was victories of Azerbaijani athletes at the Islamic Solidarity Games, held in Baku. The Games were a big festivity of sports, friendship and brotherhood,” noted the president. “Azerbaijan received the leading athletes from all Muslim countries, and I am sure they returned to their homelands with the best impressions. The Games held here once again demonstrated Azerbaijan’s power, and showed that Azerbaijan is a great sports nation on the global scale.”

Azerbaijan's squad ranked second at the 2015 European Games and first at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, added the head of state.

More than 3,000 athletes, thousands of experts and guests participated in these games and got acquainted with the realities of Azerbaijan, said President Aliyev.

“I have just brought to your attention some important sports events, but there were many victories,” said the president.

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