SPORTS
SPORTS IN AZERBAIJAN ATTACHED GREAT ATTENTION
Greeting the guest, the Minister highlighted him on development of sports in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the work being implemented for expansion of Olympic Movement, he noted that thanks to expedient activity of Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, president of the National Olympic Committee Ilham Aliyev, sports in the Republic intensively develops, achieved were notable successes in this field.
Only in this year in Azerbaijan, conducted were several Championships of Europe and international tournaments. And in 2004, the capital of Azerbaijan will host three license tournaments, one of which is on taekwando. This, at words of the Minister, speaks of great achievements of sports in Azerbaijan and its authority in the world.
Currently, taekwando is one of the popular kinds of sports, and at the World Championship, sportsmen of Azerbaijan won gold and silver medals.
Expressing his gratitude for warm reception and comprehensive information, president of World Taekwando Federation Un Yang Kim expressed his satisfaction with his first visit to Azerbaijan, underlined that among the former soviet Republics, the sportsmen of Azerbaijan have gained much more successes in this kind of sport. If in 1995-1997s the victories of the Azerbaijani sportsmen at the international events on taekwando were assessed as sensation, today they consider it as usual phenomena.
Speaking of the development of sports in Azerbaijan, the guest noted that he was informed that last years commissioned were two Olympic Centers in the Republic. This stresses on the great work done by President Heydar Aliyev in Azerbaijan, thanks to him, the Republic in short period gained great development, and achieved were large successes in the field of sports. There are few countries in the world where the development of sports is attached such attention as in Azerbaijan, the WTF president emphasized.
Azerbaijan today is at due level to host Taekwando Championship of World and Europe, Mr. Un Yang Kim stressed.