Danish athlete praises Baku Aquatics Center
Baku has a very beautiful Aquatics Centre, reigning world youth
champion in the 1m springboard from Denmark Andreas Sargent Larsen
told Trend on June 18.
“European Games is the biggest event I have ever been to,” he said,
adding that there are a lot of athletes participating in the
Games.
Over 6,000 athletes came to Baku to participate in the Games.
Larsen went on to add that everything has been organized very well.
He further said that he expects to reach the finals.
“It is my first time in Baku,” he said. "Azerbaijan is a very nice
and very warm country with nice people."
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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