Azerbaijan finished the Summer Paralympics in Paris, the capital of France, in 28th place.
Oku.Az He reports that our country, which participated in 7 sports with 19 athletes, won 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 5 bronze medals.
Gold medals were won by Imameddin Khalilov (parataekwondo, 70 kg), Said Najafzadeh (T12 category) and Orkhan Aslanov (T13 category, both in long jump). Lamiya Valiyeva won gold (100 meters) and silver (400 meters), Raman Saley won silver (100 meters backstroke) and 2 bronze medals (100 meters freestyle and butterfly), Sabir Zeynalov (parataekwondo, 58 kg), Veli Israfilov (100-meter breaststroke) and Ilham Zakiyev (parajudo, +90 kg) won bronze medals.
Chinese athletes ranked first in the medal list (94 gold, 76 silver, 50 bronze). Great Britain (49 gold, 44 silver, 31 bronze) ranked second and the United States (36 gold, 42 silver, 27 bronze) ranked third.
