Baku to continue bidding for right to host Olympic Games

Baku will continue to bid for the right to hold the Olympic Games in
the future, despite the fact that the city has been excluded from the
competition for a second time, RIA-Novosti reports.


The Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided not to
include Baku and Doha on the shortlist of candidates for the 2020 Olympic
Games at a meeting in Quebec last week. Tokyo, Madrid and
Istanbul will be competing for the right to host the games.

The executive director of "Baku-2020", Kenul Nurullayeva, said that
the decision of the IOC disappointed everyone, because Baku wanted
to prove that "the Olympic Games - are not only a sound investment in
the national sport, health and quality of life of citizens. Baku
wanted to show that the games can be organized in a responsible
manner.