Idman.biz
The 28th international memorial of Honored Coach Afghan Safarov has started, organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, World Athletics, and the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation.
İdman.biz reports that Muharram Sultanzadeh, Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation, and Sevda Mirzayeva, Head of Sector of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, speaking at the opening ceremony, spoke about Afghan Safarov's unparalleled services in the development of athletics in our country, and noted that the high-status memorial is of great importance for participants before prestigious competitions.
About 70 athletes from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Tajikistan are competing in the competition. On the first day of the memorial, Ismail Aliyev, who won the shot put competition among men, renewed the Azerbaijani record belonging to Zaur Sadikhov since 1961, showing a result of 17.50 meters. Among women in this category, Sakina Hajizadeh surpassed all her rivals. Nazim Babayev and Ekaterina Sariyeva rose to the highest step of the podium in the triple jump.
Alham Naghiyev and Farida Rzayeva in men's and women's 100 meters, Novruz Asadli and Lamiya Valiyeva in 400 meters, and Bakhtiyar Asgarli in 1500 meters became the winners of the memorial, respectively.
In the 4x100 meter relay, Oktay Khudiyev, Ruslan Klyukov, Yusuf Abdullayev, Vladimir Borisov in men, and Safiya Karimova, Laman Isfandiyarova, Lamiya Valiyeva, Farida Rzayeva in women won the main awards.
İdman.biz
