Elizabeth Luzan: I'm proud that I brought gold medal to Azerbaijan

Baku. 22 October.REPORT.AZ/ "The competition was very successful for us. I am glad that I tookthe second place."

Report informsthat the Azerbaijani weightlifter Tarmenkhan Babayev, who grabbed a silvermedal at the 3rd Junior Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, said.

The 16-year-oldathlete in the 85 kg weight category said that he made happy the national team,as well as whole Azerbaijan with this result. Babayev expressed confidence for furthergood results: "My main goal is to win a gold medal at the Summer OlympicGames to be held in Tokyo, Japan. I thank  my coaches and everyone who helpedme on this way".

Javad Aghayev (63kg), who claimed a bronze medal in Buenos Aires, expressed regret over the defeat in the semifinals.

Another bronzemedalist of the race, Nurlan Safarov (60 kg) said that the reason of thefailure to reach the Olympic champion wasdue to the mistakes made during the bouts.

GymnastYelizaveta Luzan, who finished the Olympics with a gold medal in the mixed team competitionsof the International Olympic Committee, said that she was trying to present andbenefit the national team worthily: "I did not make any serious mistakes.I am proud that I brought a gold medal to Azerbaijan."

Mariana Vasileva,the coach of the young athlete drew attention to the fact that the Azerbaijanigymnast won medals in the Olympic Games for the first time: "This is the first stepfor our juniors, a very important achievement to our federation. I am grateful to President of the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation Mehriban Aliyeva. She always supports us."