BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 29. The competition on Para taekwondo has started today at the Summer Paralympic Games in Paris, Trend reports via Idman.biz.
According to the information, one paralympian of the Azerbaijan national team performs on the first day.
Para taekwondo
58 kg, K-44
Sabir Zeynalov, exempted from the first round, met Mitsuya Tanaka (Japan) in the quarterfinals in the K-44 category. The tense fight concluded with the victory of the Azerbaijani para-taekwondo. Zeynalov, who won 6:5, reached the semifinals. In the semifinals, he will face the representative from Türkiye, Can Ozcan.
To note, the Azerbaijani Para-Taekwondo team left for the Paralympic Games with three members.