Azerbaijani representatives have won their first medal at the "President's Cup 2026" international rowing and canoeing regatta, dedicated to the 103rd anniversary of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev's birth. Sport24.az reports that Alimurad Hajizade won a silver medal in a single kayak.
Hajizade finished second in the 200-meter race in the competition among athletes born in 2008-2009.
More than 100 athletes from Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan are participating in the tournament. The regatta will end on May 1.