Azerbaijani paraswimmer Vali Israfilov has won a gold medal at
the European Open Championship in Madeira Portugal,
Azernews reports.
On the third day of the competition, our athlete finished first
in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Another national paraswimmer Roman Salei became the European
champion in the 100-meter backstroke and earned silver medal in
butterfly swimming at the same distance.
Note that Roman Salei is a three-time winner of the Summer
Paralympic Games 2020 in Tokyo.
He became the first three-time Paralympic champion in the
history of Azerbaijan.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani paralympians won 14 gold medals and 19
medals overall at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics, beating their
previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall
medal of 9 gold.
Roman Salei, Vugar Shirinli, Sevda Valieva, Khanum Huseynova,
Huseyn Rahimli, Shahana Hajiyeva, Hamid Heydari, Elvin Astanov,
Dursadaf Karimova, Vali Israfilov, Lamia Valiyeva and Orkhan
Aslanov enriched the country’s medal haul with gold medals.
Lamiya Valiyeva won silver, while bronze medals came from Parvin
Mammadov, Namig Abasli, Ilham Zakiyev and Said Najafzade.
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