President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the Azerbaijani athletes who won more gold medals at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games.
To date, the Azerbaijani national team has won 19 medals. Of these, 14 are gold, one is silver and 4 are bronze medals.
Azerbaijani judoist Shahana Hajiyeva (48 kg), Sevda Veliyeva (52 kg), Khanym Huseynova (63 kg), Vugar Shirinli (60 kg), Huseyn Rahimli (81 kg), Dursadaf Karimova (+70 kg) won gold, and Namig Abbasli (66 kg) and Ilham Zakiev (+100 kg) won bronze medals.
Raman Saleh became Paralympic champion in 100m backstrokes, freestyle and butterfly swimming. Another Azerbaijani swimmer Veli Israfilov took first place in the 100m breaststroke. Hamid Heydari, who set the world record in javelin throwing, won the gold medal. Elvin Astanov took first place in the shot put competition, and Said Najafzadeh became the third in the long jump. Lamia Valiyeva finished second in the 100-meter sprint. Powerlifting player Parvin Mammadov (49 kg) ascends to the third step of the podium. Long jump Paralympian Orkhan Aslanov climbed to the highest step of the podium with a result of 7.36 meters.
XVI Summer Paralympic Games will last until September 5.
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