Azerbaijan returns from the Dakar Youth Olympics with 3 gold and 3 silver medals

Azerbaijan took 13 athletes in 8 sports to the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, and came home with 6 medals. The team finished 13th in the overall medal table.

The golds went to judoka Ibrahim Talibov (55 kg) and to beach wrestlers Tunar Guliyev (70 kg) and Elgun Karimli (90 kg).

The silver medallists were beach wrestler Nihad Suleymanli (80 kg), taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73 kg) and boxer Gular Huseynova (51 kg). After her bout Huseynova called the result historic and said she hopes to repeat it at the senior Olympic Games.