2024-07-29 06:55:07
Today, six Azerbaijani athletes will test their strength at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
As reported by Day.Az, five of them will join the fight, and one will hold his second meeting.
Badminton player Keisha Fatima Zara will compete in the women’s individual event for the second time. The Group N athlete will face Great Britain’s Kirsty Gilmore. Zara lost her first match in the group.
Edi Reski Dvichayo will try his hand at the individual men’s badminton event. His first opponent will be Austrian athlete Collins-Valentin Philemon.
A judoka will also join the fight today Hidayat Geidarovwhich is considered one of the main medals of Azerbaijan. Our athlete, who is the leader of the world ranking in the 73 kilogram weight category, will meet the winner of Tohar Bitbul (Israel) or Redouane Masoud Dries (Algeria) in the 1/8 finals.
The Azerbaijani fencer will begin the fight in the women’s individual event from the 1/16 finals. In her first match, she will test China’s Yang Henyun.
Today, two Azerbaijani boxers will also enter the ring. The first to fight will be our country’s male flag bearer at the Olympic Games Magomed Abdullaev (+92 kilograms). His opponent will be Nelvi Raman Tiafak from Germany. In the evening session Malik Gasanov (63.5 kilograms) will sort things out with the representative of Georgia Lasha Guruli. Both our boxers will start the fight from the 1/8 finals.
It is worth noting that the Paris Olympics will end on August 11.