It is alleged that in school No. 10 in Mingachevir, representatives of the Badminton Federation gathered fifth-grade students under the guise of conducting training during the holidays, but only took pictures and left.
Idman.Biz contacted the Badminton Federation regarding the allegations.
The organization told our website that the allegations are unfounded and that the training was conducted at the school in question.
Footage from the training
It was added that the photo circulating on social networks is not from that event, but from a previous "Shuttle Time" project.
The spokesperson of the organization, Kanan Hakimov, added that the specialists had to wait approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes on the day they were in Mingachevir due to another sports event in the hall (basketball competition).

"The specialists assigned by the Federation travel to different regions of the country to teach children the basic rules of badminton, and sports equipment provided by the federation is used during the training. The specialists have covered almost all regions of the country in a short period of time. Badminton equipment has been handed over to the Regional Education Departments in 12 zones," said K.Hakimov.
Yusif Sadigli