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The flag bearers for Azerbaijan’s team at the closing ceremony of the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, have been selected. Boxer Guler Huseynova (51 kg) and taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73 kg) will carry Azerbaijan’s tricolor flag. Gender balance was taken into account in the selection.
The closing ceremony will begin at 10:30 p.m. Baku time on November 13 at the Athletes’ Village.
Azerbaijan’s team has won five medals so far. Judoka Ibrahim Talibov (55 kg) and beach wrestlers Tunar Guliyev (70 kg) and Elgun Karimli (90 kg) have won gold medals. Beach wrestler Nihad Suleymanli (80 kg) and taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73 kg) have won silver medals.
Swimmers Suleyman Ismayilzade and Maryam Javadova carried Azerbaijan’s flag at the opening ceremony, held on October 31 at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Dakar. Ismayilzade is a winner of the Third CIS Games and a bronze medalist at the Sixth Islamic Solidarity Games, while Javadova won bronze at the Sixth Islamic Solidarity Games.
