Azerbaijan, Baku, 8 August / Trend , corr. R.Ergun / On 8 August at 17:00 with Baku time, the Olympiad to be held in China's capital of Peking was opened.
During the Olympiad which will last from 8 to 24 August, 10,500 sportsmen will fight for 906 medals.
The opening of the Olympiad was attended by 80 State Heads, including the President of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan will be represented in the Peking Olympiad by 44 sportsmen. Each Azerbaijani sportsman achieving success in Olympiad will receive AZN 400,000 from State and AZN 200,000 from National Olympic Committee as gift. As Capitan of Olympic national team, Farid Mansurov took Azerbaijani flag. He gained gold medal in the last Olympiad in Athena.
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