2024-07-01 20:40:59
The 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris shall be uncommon for Azerbaijan.
As reported by İdman.biz, the multi-sport occasion within the French capital will begin a day earlier for our nation.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics will happen on July 26. However the Olympic pleasure for Azerbaijan will begin earlier.
Yaylagul Ramazanova will begin the competitors on the twenty fifth. She is going to attempt her hand at archery qualification. 64 athletes who will decide the pairs of the 1/32 finals will battle for the ordinal numbers.
This would be the first competitors during which an Azerbaijani athlete will begin on the Olympics the day earlier than the opening ceremony. Till now, none of our representatives have skilled such pleasure one or two days earlier than the Video games.
However there was additionally an Azerbaijani athlete who took half within the competitors earlier than the opening ceremony. Then our consultant joined the competitors on the identical day because the opening ceremony, shortly earlier than the grand occasion.
Eight years in the past in Rio, our archer Olga Senyuk took thirty seventh place within the spherical of figuring out the numbers. Later, our athlete misplaced within the 1/32 finals and mentioned goodbye to Brazil.
If we method the problem as an entire, then in some sports activities it has already develop into a practice to begin competitions earlier than the opening. However the Azerbaijani Olympians remained on the sidelines. The reason being that the early begin was given by groups in sports activities during which we weren’t often represented.
Let us take a look at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics with the participation of Azerbaijani athletes and former competitions.
Historical past of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Video games during which Azerbaijan participated:
Atlanta 1996: July 19
Sydney 2000: September 15
Athens 2004: August 13
Beijing 2008: August 8
London 2012: July 27
Rio-2016: August 5
Tokyo 2020: July 23 (postponed to 2021)
Paris 2024: July 26
The primary competitors in Atlanta 1996 occurred the day after the opening ceremony. That is the one such occasion on the Olympics with the participation of our group.
Soccer was the one exception in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2004. In any respect three Olympics, footballers performed two days earlier than the opening, however there have been no video games on the day of the competitors.
The subsequent two Olympics have been marked by a distinct begin. The gamers who competed in London 2012 and Rio 2016 two days earlier than the opening, rested on the day of the occasion. However this time, the archery competitors started on the opening day. That is when our consultant Olga Senyuk joined the battle.
The beginning of Tokyo 2020 was barely completely different. Two days earlier than the opening, not solely soccer video games but in addition softball video games have been organized. On the day of the opening ceremony, not solely archery but in addition rowing began. However we didn’t have representatives of those sports activities in Japan.
One other change was made to this yr’s competitors schedule. It was determined that there could be no competitors on the day of the opening ceremony. Subsequently, archery and handball will begin a day earlier. Consequently, Yaylagul will begin the Olympics a day earlier for Azerbaijan. Soccer, like rugby sevens, will begin even earlier – on July 24, two days earlier than the opening of the Video games.
It needs to be famous that the spherical of figuring out the numbers in ladies’s archery will start on July 25 at 11:30 Baku time and can final three hours.
Vugar Kheyrullaev
İdman.biz