Trainer-teacher Farid Azizov received the torch of the First European Games in front of the symbolic gate of the Games on Heydar Aliyev Avenue and then a 2.5-kilometer procession began. Moving along Heydar Aliyev Avenue, 10 torchbearers arrived at Flag Square in Gobustan.
Three-time karate champion of the republic Ibad Rzazade climbed on stage and lit the torch of the First European Games. A student, winner of the republican stage of the essay contest on Heydar Aliyev, Gular Javadov, handed a symbolic lamp of the First European Games to be kept before the beginning of the competition, Trend reports.
