Swimming events continue at Baku 2015

Swimming events continue at the First European Games in Baku June 23.

The swimmers will compete for seven medal sets today. Azerbaijan is represented by seven swimmers in this event.

Azerbaijan’s swimmer Anton Jeltyakov, competing in men’s 200m breaststroke, advanced to the semifinals June 23.

The European Games that kicked off 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 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.

/By Trend/