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Baku, May 7, AZERTAC

Kazakh athlete will compete in five out of the 20 sports included in the programme for this month's 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.


AZERTAG.AZ :Kazakhstan targets five sports at Baku Islamic solidarity Games
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