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The process of replacing the medals of Azerbaijani athletes, which became unusable after the Paris-2024 Summer Olympic Games, will begin in February 2026.
This was announced to "Report" by Murad Farzaliyev, the press secretary of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Azerbaijan.
He recalled that the NOC applied to the International Olympic Committee on the matter at the beginning of the year: "Various preparatory processes were underway regarding this situation. According to the information provided to us, the process of replacing the medals of our athletes will begin in February 2026."
It should be noted that significant changes have occurred in the medals of 5 out of 7 athletes who won medals at the Paris-2024 Summer Olympic Games. Apart from the Olympic champion in judo Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) and the bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kg), the gold medal of the Olympic champion in judo Zelim Kotsoiev (100 kg), the silver medals of taekwondo athlete Gashim Magomedov (58 kg) and boxer Alfonso Dominguez (92 kg), and the bronze medals of Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) and freestyle wrestler Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) have lost their quality.
