Baku, June 24 AZERTAC

A daily press conference has been held here with participation of Baku European Games Operations Committee (BEGOC) chief operating officer Simon Clegg (GBR), karate bronze medallist Ilaha Gasimova and sambo silver medallist Nazakat Khalilova.

Simon CLEGG on the sport competitions: "Yesterday, I had the opportunity of getting out to a number of venues and saw some fantastic sport at some amazing venues with some really strong images from Baku being played around the world."

"Also we had the first official matches at European Games Park in basketball 3x3. I had the opportunity of going out there and I thought that was an incredibly exciting competition and very well attended."

On spectator attendance: "Yesterday, we had 17,076 spectators attend 12 sessions at six different venues. Overall attendance continues to be very high, with 84% of tickets sold and people have watched some quite excellent sport."