‘If these athletes can do it, you want to do it too’: Meet Azerbaijan’s Para-Taekwondo Champion

By&nbspEuronews

Published on 05/06/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2

Azerbaijani Para-Taekwondo jock Imameddin Khalilov brought location nan Gold badge astatine nan Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games successful nan -70 kg category, becoming nan pridefulness of his nation. 

In this section of Azerbaijan Diary, he describes really he sewage started successful Para-Taekwondo, and what he thinks of nan changing cognition of abnormal sports and athletes.  

“For nan first time, nan Paralympic Games were broadcast live,” he says. “People person begun to understand what children pinch beingness disabilities really spell through.” 

Khalilov says his triumph astatine nan 2024 Paralympics has motivated him to thief and animate younger generations of athletes.