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Azerbaijani athletes to compete in athletics and swimming on day 5 of Rio Paralympics

12 September 2016 15:27 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani athletes to compete in athletics and swimming on day 5 of Rio Paralympics

The fifth day of the Paralympic Games in Rio will see Azerbaijani athletes compete in athletics and swimming.

Swimmer Roman Salei will be in action in the men`s 400m freestyle event.

Runner Yelena Chebanu will vie for gold in the women's 200m final after qualifying with a time of 24.16 seconds yesterday.

In the men's 4x100m relay, Azerbaijan`s hopes will be pinned on Elchin Muradov, Elmir Jabrayilov, Kamil Aliyev and Oleg Panyutin.

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