Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18
Trend:
Azerbaijani canoe sprinter Valentin Demyanenko has won a silver medal in the men’s canoe single 200 m at the Rio 2016.
Ukraine’s Yuriy Cheban won the gold medal, while Brazil’s Isaquias Queiroz took the bronze medal.
Fifty-six athletes are representing Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The games, which kicked off on Aug. 5, will end on Aug. 21, and will be followed by the 15th Summer Paralympic Games on Sept. 7-18.