Azerbaijan has named its flagbearers for the closing ceremony of the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
Fanat.az reports that the announcement was made by the National Olympic Committee’s press service.
Boxer Gular Huseynova (51kg) and Adil Kazimli (73kg), a silver medallist in the Games’ taekwondo competition, will carry Azerbaijan’s tricolour flag at the ceremony, ensuring gender equality.
The closing ceremony of the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games will begin at 22:30 Baku time on 13 November at the Athletes’ Village.
Azerbaijan currently has five medals. Judoka Ibrahim Talibov (55kg) and beach wrestlers Tunar Guliyev (70kg) and Elgun Karimli (90kg) have won gold. Fellow beach wrestler Nihad Suleymanli (80kg) and taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73kg) finished the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games with silver medals.
Azerbaijan’s flag at the opening ceremony on 31 October at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Dakar was carried by swimmers Suleyman Ismayilzada, a gold medallist at the third CIS Games and a bronze medallist at the sixth Islamic Solidarity Games, and Maryam Javadova, a bronze medallist at the sixth Islamic Solidarity Games.
This article was translated from Azerbaijani with the help of AI. Original in Azerbaijani
