Ilham Aliyev congratulated the national team of Azerbaijan, who successfully speaking at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The congratulatory letter of the President published on his page on Twitter.
As previously reported by HaqQin.az, the number of gold medals from the Azerbaijani team on the Paralympic Games in Tokyo has increased to nine.
August 29 Azerbaijani Paradzudoist Dorsadaf Kerimov (70 kg) became the winner of Paralympiad, defeated in the final Zarina Baibatina from Kazakhstan.
And judoist Ilham Zakiev (100 kg) became a bronze medalist. Earlier, he became a champion twice and once a bronze medalist of Paralympic Games.
Another Gold Azerbaijan on August 29 brought the kernel pusher in the category F-53 Elvin Astav. He threw a shell of 8.77 m, which became a paralympiad record in this category.
A Copsener Hamid Heydarley on August 28 established a world record according to this sport for athletes with disabilities. Mounting projectile 51.42 m, he won the Gold Medal of Games.
The total number of gold medals of Azerbaijan reached 9. In the asset of the national team 3 more bronze awards.
In the medal standings, Azerbaijan goes to seventh place.