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Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games have come to an end, Azernews reports. The large-scale sporting event brought together around 10,714 from 206 countries.

Paris became the second city after London to host the Summer Olympics three times.

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games featured 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.

In overall medal standings, the United States finished in the first place, followed by China and Japan.

Sporting accomplishments of national team at Paris-2024 Olympics

Azerbaijani team was represented by 48 athletes in 15 sports. The national team secured a total of seven medals, including two gold, two silver and three bronze. As a result, the country took 30th position on the overall medal tally.

The gold medalist from Azerbaijan were judokas Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) and Zelym Kotsoiev (100 kg).

Taekwondo fighter Gashim Magomedov (58 kg) and boxer Alfonso Dominguez (92 kg) enriched the country`s medal haul with silver medals.

Azerbaijan also celebrated its bronze medal winners, who included Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) as well as freestyle wrestlers Magomedkhan Magomedov ( 97 kg) and Georgiy Meshvildishvili (125 kg).

The performance of the Azerbaijani Olympic team at Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games highlights the country's growing prominence in the international sports arena.

Moreover, Azerbaijan Olympic House was set up at the Azerbaijani Embassy in France to celebrate the achievements of the national team at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Azerbaijan Olympic House in Paris

The Azerbaijan Olympic House organized a series of meetings with the Olympic and world champions, official representatives of many international organizations.

Among the participants of these events were the Azerbaijan Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov, Deputy Minister Mariana Vasileva, the Azerbaijani Ambassador to France Leyla Abdullayeva, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee Azer Aliyev, NOC Vice-President Chingiz Huseynzade and many others.

The atmosphere at Azerbaijan Olympic House was imbued with optimism and enthusiasm for the future of sports.

Parade of Flags at 2024 Summer Olympic Games

The Azerbaijani delegation proudly participated in the athletes' parade held as part of the Paris 2024 closing ceremony.

The Olympic silver medalist, taekwondo fighter Gashim Magomedov together with Zeynab Hummatova, a member of the Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnastics team, which achieved the 5th place, had the honor of carrying the Azerbaijani flag at the ceremony.

Recall that judoka Gultaj Mammadaliyeva and boxer Mahammad Abdullayev were named Azerbaijani team's flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

The Azerbaijani sports community will undoubtedly continue to worthily represent the country in the international sports arena.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @lmntypewriterrr

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