Flag bearers of the Azerbaijani team at the closing ceremony of the Summer Paralympic Games in Paris have been determined, Report informs.

The flag bearers of the Azerbaijani delegation at the event will be Paralympic champions Said Najafzade and Lamiya Valiyeva.

The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games will begin this evening at 22:30 Baku time at the Stade de France stadium.

Azerbaijan was represented at the competition by 19 athletes in seven sports. The Azerbaijani team completed its participation in the 2024 Paralympic Games with 11 medals, of which four are gold, two are silver and five are bronze.

Imamaddin Khalilov (para-taekwondo, 70 kg), Said Najafzade and Orkhan Aslanov (both long jump, categories T12 and T13 respectively) took gold medals, Lamiya Valiyeva, setting a world record, took gold in the 100m and silver in the 400m, Raman Salei - silver (100m backstroke) and two bronzes (100m freestyle and butterfly), and Sabir Zeynalov (para-taekwondo, 58 kg), Vali Israfilov (100m breaststroke) and Ilham Zakiyev (para-judo, +90 kg) became bronze medalists.