The regular 41st Assembly of the European Olympic Committee was held in Rome, the capital of Italy. Among the participants of 49 countries were the delegates of Armenia, the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the General Secretary of the National Olympic Committee Hrachya Rostomyan and the head of the National Olympic Committee Gabriel Ghazaryan.
In an interview given to the official website of the Armenian Olympic Committee, Gabriel Ghazaryan said the following about the event in Rome.
“Many issues were included in the agenda. The course and results of the Summer Olympic Games in London, the youth sports festivals held under the auspices of EVOC, the issues related to the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi in 2014, and most importantly, the first European Games to be held for the first time, were discussed. The point is that Europe is not the only part of the world to hold its own sports review.
It was assumed that only the timing of the Games would be decided in Rome. But, to our surprise at least, the name of the capital of games became known. The only bid was submitted by Baku. Baku was chosen as the first city to host the European Games with a closed vote of 38 in favor, 8 against and 2 abstentions.
As for us, I should say that we announced in advance that we would not participate in the vote and we did so.
It is planned to include those sports to which the international federations will give their consent in the program of the EVOC games. So far, structures for archery, badminton, boxing, canoeing, fencing, judo, shooting, handball, rugby, volleyball, triathlon, table tennis have expressed interest. The participation of athletes and swimmers is also possible.
International sports dance and karate federations want to participate in non-Olympic sports.
Sports fans of Armenia will naturally be interested in the participation of our athletes. We cannot say anything about this for now and our position will be clarified later. Especially since the first European games are scheduled to be held in 2015. in June,” said Ghazaryan.
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