Azerbaijan Holds Departure Ceremony For Olympic Team
Date
7/18/2024 5:27:57 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Azerbaijan has hosted a departure ceremony for its Olympic team,
Azernews reports.
The ceremony took place at the National Gymnastics Arena. The
National Anthem of Azerbaijan was played at the event.
Welcoming the participants of the event, the Minister of Youth
and Sports Farid Gayibov said that the athletes will go to the
Olympics for the first time as representatives of a sovereign
country whose territorial integrity has been restored. He stressed
that he expects success from all the athletes who will participate
in the Olympic Games.
Later, the memory of the martyrs and deceased sportsmen was
commemorated with a 1-minute silence.
Then the flag bearers of Azerbaijan in Paris-2024 were
announced. Female judoka Gultaj Mammadaliyeva and boxer Mahammad
Abdullayev have been named Azerbaijani team's flag bearers for the
opening ceremony at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on July
26.
The event continued with the artistic part after the
presentation of the specially designed sports uniforms of the
representatives of Azerbaijan for the Olympic Games.
At the Paris Olympics, Azerbaijan will be represented by 48
athletes in 17 programs in 15 sports.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26
to August 11, 2024.
Paris will become the second city after London to host the
Summer Olympics three times.
The Games will feature football, tennis, boxing, cycling,
gymnastics, volleyball, weightlifting, basketball, fencing,
taekwondo, athletics, wrestling, and other sports, as well as the
debut of breakdancing as an Olympic event.
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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
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