(MENAFN- AzerNews) Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban
Aliyeva are attending the opening ceremony of 26th World Taekwondo
Championship held in Baku.
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Note that some 949 athletes from 145 countries will compete for
16 sets of medals in the competition being held in "Baku Crystal
Hall".
In the seven-day championship, Azerbaijan will be represented by
Sayyad Dadashov (54 kg), Gashim Magomedov (58 kg), Khanoglan
Karimov (63 kg), Javad Agayev (68 kg), Eltaj Gafarov (74 kg),
Aliaskar Aliyev (80 kg), Taleh Suleymanov. (87 kg), Hamidrza
Badrialiabadi (+87 kg), Minaya Akbarova (46 kg), Patimat Abakorava
(49 kg), Samarrukh Osmanova (53 kg), Fatima Majidova (62 kg) and
Farida Azizova (67 kg).
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the National Leader
Heydar Aliyev and the 50th anniversary of the World Taekwondo
Federation, the championship will be organized under the slogan
"Ignite your power".
In total, about 2000 guests from more than 150 countries will
come to Azerbaijan for the World Championship. On this occasion, a
series of events will be held within the framework of the
championship. The athlete who will become the world champion will
add 140 rating points to his asset.
The decision to host the competition in Baku was made last year.
At the meeting organized in the administrative building of the
International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, and
attended by the president of the organization Thomas Bach,
Azerbaijan won by voting, although 3 countries were nominated for
this competition. At the last moment, Bulgaria withdrew its
request. As a result, Azerbaijan and China claimed to host the
world championship. Taking into account the fact that Azerbaijan
has successfully hosted a number of prestigious competitions, as
well as the European Taekwondo Championship, the Grand Prix, and
the Olympic qualifying tournaments, the international organization
entrusted the world championship to Azerbaijan.
After Russia, the World Championship will be held in Azerbaijan
for the second time among the CIS countries. Among the European
countries that will host the World Cup, our country will go down in
history as the seventh after Germany, Denmark, Spain, Greece,
Russia, and Great Britain.
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