OMM Newsroom
The closing ceremony of the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games, held in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, will take place today. The event at the Village Plaza venue in the Athletes’ Village in Diamniadio will begin at 22:00 Baku time.
Young athletes will gather for the final time at the ceremony before the Olympic flame is extinguished. Boxer Gular Huseynova (51 kg) and taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73 kg) will carry Azerbaijan’s tricolor flag. Both athletes are silver medallists at the Games. Gender equality was taken into account in selecting the flag bearers.
At the opening ceremony on October 31 at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium, swimmers Suleyman Ismayilzade and Maryam Javadova carried Azerbaijan’s flag. Ismayilzade is a winner of the 3rd CIS Games and a bronze medallist at the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games, while Javadova won bronze at the same Islamic Solidarity Games.
Azerbaijan’s team currently has three gold and three silver medals. Judoka Ibrahim Talibov (55 kg), along with beach wrestlers Tunar Guliyev (70 kg) and Elgun Karimli (90 kg), have won gold. Nihad Suleymanli (80 kg), Adil Kazimli (73 kg) and Gular Huseynova (51 kg) have claimed silver. Azerbaijan ranks 11th in the medal standings.
