Secretary General: Azerbaijani athletes performed successfully at the European Championship

Azerbaijani athletes, who competed in the European Team Championship in Maribor, Slovenia, lived up to the trust placed in them.

"Report" reports that the Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation, Maharram Sultanzade, said this in a statement to the press service of the organization.

He shared his impressions of the results achieved in the competition:

"Our national team achieved the most successful result in recent years at the European Team Championship. The team, which is in the 3rd division in the competition, took 6th place among 15 countries with a total score of 315.5 points. The national team ranked 10th in 2017, 11th in 2019, 15th in 2021, and 13th in 2023, which we attended with 8 athletes. After the analyzes, our goal this time was to be represented by a wider team. In the end, 24 athletes traveled to Slovenia. Another point I want to emphasize is that there were no legionnaires in the team this time. I can say that our athletes have lived up to the trust placed in them."

The federation official touched upon the athletes' performances:

"Alham Naglyev took 1st place in both the 100 and 200 meter races. Lamiya Valiyeva took 2nd place in the women's competition in these distances. Lamiya set a new Azerbaijan record in the 200 meter distance with a score of 23.58 seconds. Rustam Mammadov in the triple jump, and Yekaterina Sariyeva among women in this category, surpassed all their rivals. In the 4x400 mixed relay, our representatives renewed another national record. Jabir Aliyev, Ismail Aliyev, Bakhtiyar Asgarli, Anna Yusupova and other athletes also scored very important points for our team. We believe that the work carried out under the leadership of the President of the Federation, Javid Gurbanov, will be even more successful. Our goal is to ensure the continuous development of our athletes, to identify promising young athletes and provide them with maximum support, and to make our people happy with successful results in the upcoming competitions. As always, I express my deep gratitude to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, all athletes and coaching staff, and medical personnel who support us."