SPORTS
FINAL LAP OF 4th REPUBLICAN YOUTH GAMES LAUNCHED
Before the contests, participants visited Alley of Honors, revered memory of the national leader President Heydar Aliyev, as well as Martyrs’ Alley and laid flowers to the “Eternal Fire” complex.
The contests are held in three pals under 16 kinds of sport. The regional and municipal championships were held in Jan-Feb, zonal - in March-April. Over 20 thousand youth attended the Games, only 4 thousand of them reached the final. The games will end on May 21.
Addressing the participants, Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev noted that initiative of development of mass sports, physical training and stirring up of sports life of the country belonged to the national leader Heydar Aliyev. As a result of far-sighted policy of the National Olympic Leadership policy, material-technical basis of the country strengthens, up-to-date sports complexes were opened.
32 Olympic licenses won by the sportsmen for upcoming Games 2004 became result of tireless activity of President of Azerbaijan, President of NOC Ilham Aliyev.
Then, state anthem of Azerbaijan was performed and final lap of Games opened.