Baku. 5 September. REPORT.AZ/ The number of licenses claimed by Azerbaijan for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has increased to 17.
According to the National Olympic Committee, the licenses were obtained in 9 sports.
The participation of swimmer Fatima Alkeremova (all competitions), table tennis player Ning Jing and Yu Xinhanq, taekwondo players Minaya Akbarova (44 kg) and Javad Agayev (63), boxers Nurlan Safarov (60 kg) and Nijat Hasanov (69 kg), freestyle wrestlers Turan Bayramov (65 kg) and Shahana Nazarova (43 kg), gymnasts Yelizaveta Luzan and Samad Mammadli, judokas Vusala Kerimova (44 kg) and Vugar Talibov (66), weightlifters Tamerhan Babayev (85 kg) and Lala Rzazade (58 kg), athletes Rustam Mammadov and Fahriya Tagizadeh has been confirmed.
Though the list presented by NOC in response to Report's inquiry on May 31 shows that the number of athletes increased, some changes are observed. Artistic gymnast Derya Farshafshahrari was replaced by Yelizaveta Luzan. Swimmer Alsu Bayramova was removed from the list.
NOC says the reason for this is that Farshafshahrari was replaced by the decision of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Alsu Bayramova's removal from the list is due to the fact that the countries which show weak results in swimming are granted the first place in the Youth Swimming Championships.
Notably, the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held on October 6 - 18.