Azerbaijan national table tennis team will compete for medals at the 3rd CIS Games

Azerbaijani table tennis players will compete for medals in every age category at the 3rd CIS Games to be held in the country.

According to "Report", the national team's coach Ramil Jafarov made a statement to the official website of the competition.

He shared his thoughts about the tournament and talked about the team's preparation process, plans and goals:

"The composition of the team that will participate in the 3rd CIS Games was formed approximately 6 months ago, and since then the athletes have been continuing their training in a planned manner. The Azerbaijan Table Tennis Federation has provided us with all the necessary conditions. A training camp was organized in China in August. We also plan to participate in an international tournament as part of the preparation stage. The team will be fully ready for the 3rd CIS Games."

The expert said that athletes born in 2008 and 2011 will participate in the competitions:

"Despite their age, Azerbaijani tennis players are already making their mark. Recently, our young athlete Onur Guluzade became the champion at the national championship among adults, and Adil Ahmadzade took third place. Among girls, Marziyya Nurbatova won the champion title. All three athletes will participate in the CIS Games. This shows that they are already seriously competing with adults and are even superior to them.

R. Jafarov added that they do not fully know all the rivals:

"But we have seen many of them in international tournaments. We know what they are capable of and we believe that our athletes are not inferior to them. Our expectations are high - to qualify for the final at a minimum. We will fight for medals in every age category."

It should be noted that Azerbaijan will host the 3rd CIS Games on September 28 - October 8.