Day 8 of Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games kicks off

By  Trend

The eighth day of the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games kicks off today.

Boxers participating in men’s light fly (46-49 kg), bantam (56 kg), welter (69 kg) and heavy (91 kg) events will continue their fight today. Azerbaijan will be represented in these events by Rufat Huseynov, Tayfur Aliyev, Tamerlan Abdullayev and Magomedrasul Majidov, respectively.

Football teams will wrap up their group matches today. Azerbaijan’s national football squad is to face the Moroccan team in the Group A.

In artistic gymnastics competitions, male athletes will perform in floor, parallel bars, rings, vault, horizontal bar, and pommel horse exercises, while female athletes will fight for the highest places in vault, uneven bars, floor and balance beam exercises. Azerbaijan will be represented by Murad Agharzayev, Bence Talas and Timur Bairamov in men’s competitions and by Marina Nekrasova, Yulia Inshina and Ekaterina Tishkova in women’s competitions.

Male and female judo fighters will also join the competitions today.

The Baku 2017 will also feature shooting competitions today. Female shooters will join the 50 m rifle three positions, skeet shooting and team trap shooting events, as male shooters will be fighting for the highest places in the 50 m pistol and 25 m standard pistol shooting events.

The eighth day of the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games will also feature men's 50 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke, 400 m individual medley, 100 m backstroke and 4 x 200 m freestyle relay, as well as women's 200 m butterfly, 100 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke and 200 m backstroke events.

Men’s and women’s tennis teams will also join the tournament today.

Volleyball group matches will continue on the eighth day.

In water polo, Azerbaijani national team will face the Turkish squad.

Weightlifting tournaments will also continue today.

The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games started May 8 and will last until May 22 in Azerbaijan’s capital on 16 sports grounds in 21 kinds of sports – 17 Olympic ones and three non-Olympic ones.