Kazakhstan targets five sports at Baku 2017
By Laman Ismayilova
Kazakh athletes will compete in five out of the 20 sports included in the programme for the fourth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.
A total of 32 Kazakh athletes will vie for medals in boxing, judo, freestyle wrestling, women`s wrestling and taekwondo.
Athletes from Islamic countries will be representing their nations over 10 days of competition across 20 different sports which include 23 disciplines (Athletics and Para Athletics, Aquatics – Diving, Aquatics – Swimming, Aquatics – Water Polo, Basketball 3x3, Football, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Wushu, Table Tennis, Handball, Judo and Blind Judo, Wrestling – Greco, Wrestling – Freestyle, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Boxing, Zurkhaneh, Karate, Taekwondo and Weightlifting) in 16 world-class sporting venues in Baku.
Baku was awarded the Games at the General Assembly of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) in Jeddah in July 2013.
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