74 Jordanian athletes to compete at Baku Islamic Solidarity Games

A team of 74 Jordanian athletes will struggle for medals in 11 sports at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Baku on May 12-22.

Secretary General of Jordan`s Olympic Committee (JOC) Nasser Ayman Al-Majali announced about this during his meeting with Azerbaijani ambassador Sabir Aghabayov, Azertac reported.

He hailed the fact that the Games will be held in Azerbaijan, reminding that Jordan has won 9 medals (3 golds, 1 silver, 5 bronzes) at the Islamic Solidarity Games so far.

“Jordan attaches great importance to the Games. And our athletes are preparing seriously for the tournament,” he said, noting that he will lead a delegation of 107 people to Baku.

Ambassador Aghabayov, in turn, said that 2017 was declared a Year of Islamic Solidarity in Azerbaijan.

He highlighted the Azerbaijani government`s attention to sport, the country`s hosting international sporting events and Azerbaijani athletes’ accomplishments.

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.