The closing ceremony of the Summer Paralympic Games was held in Paris, the capital of France.
Oku.Az reports that our Paralympic champions Said Najafzade and Lamiya Valiyeva carried the flag of our country at the event.
The closing ceremony took place at the Stade de France stadium.
It should be noted that our country was represented at the tournament by 18 athletes in 7 sports. Our team finished the Paris-2024 Summer Paralympic Games with 11 medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze). Azerbaijan ranked 28th out of 169 countries.
Imameddin Khalilov (parataekwondo, 70 kg), Said Najafzade (T12 category), Orkhan Aslanov (T13 category, both long jump) gold, Lamiya Valiyeva gold (100 meter race) and silver (400 meter race), Raman Saley silver (100 meters backstroke) and 2 bronzes (100 meters freestyle and butterfly), Sabir Zeynalov (parataekwondo, 58 kg), Veli Israfilov (100 meters breaststroke), Ilham Zakiyev (parajudo, + 90 kg) won the bronze medal.
The competition began on August 28th.
