Today, the last two athletes of Azerbaijan will compete in the “Paris-2024” Summer Olympic Games.
Publika.az informs that free wrestlers – Haji Aliyev (65 kilograms) and Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kilograms) will go on the carpet.
H. Aliyev, who is a three-time world and four-time European champion, will face Mexican Austin Gomes in his first match. M. Magomedov will test Luis Miguel Perez from the Dominican Republic. Both matches will be in the 1/8 finals.
Another freestyle wrestler Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kilograms) will try his strength in the match for the bronze medal.
Today, also, Azerbaijan’s rhythmic gymnastics team will compete in the final stage. The team will try to become among the winners in the program of 5 hoops, 3 ribbons and 2 balls.
Currently, Azerbaijan has 5 medals. Judokas Hidayat Heydarov (73 kilograms) and Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kilograms) became Olympic champions, taekwondo player Gashim Magomedov (58 kilograms) and boxer Alfonso Dominguez (92 kilograms) won silver medals, and Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kilograms) won bronze medals. .
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