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2011165438+1On October 23rd, at the 40th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee held in Sochi, Russia, representatives from many European countries called for the creation of the European Games. Patrick Hickey, president of the European Olympic Committee, said, "Europe is the only continent without comprehensive games, and we have already felt the necessity of hosting the European Games."
However, in the bidding process of 20 12, only Azerbaijan, a member of the former Soviet Union, applied, and they also got the qualification to host the event. For this competition, they invested $3 billion in the construction of venues and infrastructure. /kloc-at the opening ceremony in June/March, IOC President Bach went. The first performer is Lady Gaga, but she is American.
For Azerbaijan, veteran sports fans seem to know only Shu Baschek, the striker of Changchun Yatai team in 2009. He says everything is good, but he rarely scores goals. At that time, the head coach of Azerbaijan was German coach Fu Geci.
The European Games has 65,438+06 Olympic events and 2 non-Olympic events. * * * More than 6,000 athletes came to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and 12 was the European Rio Olympics qualifier. However, this European athlete does not seem to attract the attention of the international media.
Glasgow, Scotland will hold the second European Games before, but in March this year, Scotland and Germany "started a new stove" and announced that they would jointly hold a new comprehensive sports meeting in 20 18, called the European Sports Championship, including swimming, track and field, cycling, triathlon and rowing. There have been differences within Europe.
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