Azerbaijan had to wait 2931 days for Olympic gold.
As Idman.biz reports, Radik Isayev was our last winner before Hidayat Heydarov, the champion of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
The taekwondo player climbed to the top of the podium at Rio 2016. On August 20, 2016, the athlete, who performed at the weight of +80 kg, defeated all his opponents.
Since gold was not achieved in Tokyo 2020, the next success was expected until the French capital. Hidayat, who fought at 73 kg weight, ended his longing for 2931 days.
It also made history as the first medal won on July 29. It is true that in London 2012, Valentin Hristov climbed to the podium on July 29. But the bronze medal of our weightlifter was later taken away due to doping.
Both Radik and Hidayat have the titles of Olympic, world and European champions. The number of Azerbaijani athletes who won gold in all three competitions is equal to 4. Apart from our last two Olympic champions, skeet shooter Zemfira Meftahatdinova and freestyle wrestler Sharif Sharifov have done it.
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