Last stage of boxing competitions starts
The last stage of the boxing competitions started as part of the first European Games in Baku on June 27.
The athletes will compete for the gold medals in the weight categories of 57, 60, 69, 75 and 91 kg.
Albert Salimov (60kg), Parviz Bahirov (69 kg), Haybula Musalov (75 kg) and Abdulkadir Abdullayev (91 kg) will represent Azerbaijan.
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 came to Baku to represent 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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