Azerbaijan's National Olympic Committee Officially Appeals To IOC Over Medal Quality Loss
Date
1/23/2025 8:08:22 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. The National
Olympic Committee (NOC) has appealed to the International Olympic
Committee over the loss of quality medals of Azerbaijani athletes
who won places at the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games held in the
French capital Paris, Trend reports via NOC.
Based on the gathered information and the athletes' appeals, an
investigation took place, revealing that alongside Olympic champion
in judo Hidayat Heydarov (73 kilograms) and bronze medalist in
freestyle wrestling Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kg), there were
notable shifts in the medals of five additional athletes.
Furthermore, it became known that the gold medals of Olympic
judo champion Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kg), silver medals of taekwondo
Gashim Magomedov (58 kg) and boxer Alfonso Dominguez (92 kg),
bronze medals of Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg), and
freestyle wrestler Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) lost their
quality.
The National Olympic Committee, as a result of its
investigations, sent an official appeal to the International
Olympic Committee (IOC). Following a response from the IOC on this
request, further steps will be taken to return the medals and
replace them with new ones.
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