Azerbaijan shared 30-31 locations with Croatia on the Summer time Olympics in Paris and achieved the most effective end result within the historical past of its participation within the Olympics, successful 2 gold, 2 silver and three bronze medals, and shared these positions with Croatia within the standings. On the earlier 2012 Olympics in London, Azerbaijan took thirty second place.
Nevertheless, the outcomes of the nationwide group look pale towards the background of the efficiency of Uzbek athletes in Paris. Sports activities journalist Joshgun Eldar oglu considers the outcomes of the Olympics to be unsuccessful for Azerbaijan. “The group was saved by 2 gold medals, a few of the medals in our group had been taken by legionnaires,” he advised Turan.
“Azerbaijan doesn’t prepare athletes, it brings ready-made legionnaires from different nations who don’t help the nation. They are saying that our nation has carried out nothing for them, however they’ve raised the flag of Azerbaijan,” the professional defined.
Legionnaires don’t create their very own sports activities faculty, though they’re assigned such a process. However they get large charges,” he added, citing the instance of Maria Stadnik, who has been enjoying for Azerbaijan for a few years. Subsequently, it’s extra appropriate to spend state funds not on charges to foreigners, however on the event of home sports activities.
The pinnacle of the sports activities Division of the Nationwide Olympic Committee, Hasanaga Rzayev, known as Azerbaijan’s outcomes on the Olympics profitable, though they might have been “even higher.” He highlighted the work of the Nationwide Judo Federation, which confirmed end result. The professional defined the failure of the classical fashion wrestlers by the presence of previous issues within the federation. For the primary time on the Paris Olympics, Azerbaijani athletes carried out very effectively in 3+3 basketball competitions,“ he added.
It needs to be famous that judoists Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) and Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kg) grew to become Olympic champions. Taekwondo practitioner Hashim Magomedov (58 kg) and boxer Alfonso Dominguez (92 kg) received silver medals, whereas Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) and freestyle wrestler Giorgi Meshvildishvili received bronze.
