Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov shared his impressions about the open water swimming competition called "Let’s pass the Kura" held in Mingachevir.
According to İdman.biz, he emphasized that this time more participants took part in this event compared to last year.
"We held a swimming competition for the purpose of popularizing swimming in the regions and increasing the interest of local residents in sports. We are pleased with what we see. Interest in the event is growing. Representatives of different age groups took part in swimming, participants over 65 years old and children over 12 years old mounted the podium. Grandmothers swam with grandchildren, and sons with fathers. "Almost all regions joined, about three hundred people started," said the minister.
F. Gayibov added that in the future, "Let’s pass the Kura?!" project will be implemented every year and it is possible to hold similar competitions in other regions.
Zaki Feyzullayev
İdman.biz
