Azerbaijan completes its participation at Summer Universiade in Kazan

Azerbaijan is now 14th with a haul of 15 medals including 4 golds, 4 silvers and 7 bronzes in the overall table of the 27th World Universiade in Kazan.

The gold medals came from weightlifter Firudin Quliyev, runner Hayle ?brahimov and wrestlers Yuliya Ratkevich, Rasul Junayev, and Christina Iova.

Russia top the medal count with 250 medals (126-67-57).

The history of the 27th World University Summer Games started long before its due date. Kazan was announced as the host city for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Brussels on May 31, 2008. 20 out of 27 members of the FISU Executive Committee gave their votes to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan will be the first Universiade, and even more, the first high-profile multi-sport event in the history of modern Russia.

The 2013 Summer Universiade started on July 6th and ended on July 17th, 2013.

The mission of the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade is to gather young athletes from all over the world in the city of unique multiethnic heritage.


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