IV Islamic Solidarity Games Weightlifting competitions continue in Weightlifting Academy, in Shuvelan. The President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Tomas Ajan visited to Baku to observe the progress of the tournament. The President of IWF gave a short interview to AAAF Tv and noted his satisfaction with the level of organization of competitions:
“ First of all , I would like to thank for the invitation. I am not first time in Azerbaijan. I have a lot of friends here. IWF wishes successes the athletes from different countries participated in Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. I would like to tell that AZE WF is a very active Federation. The organization of these competitions is at a very high level. I am very satisfied with the work done. The competition hall and Weightlifting Academy are great. Azerbaijan and the capital Baku have also changed and are developing “.
