Tokyo-2020: Paralympic athlete Said Najafzade grabs bronze

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The Summer Paralympic Games 2020 involving Azerbaijani athletes is taking place in Tokyo.

Report informs that athletes of the national team Kamil Aliyev and Said Najafzade joined the competitions in long jumps (T12).

Najafzade ended in third place (7.03 m), and Aliyev finished fifth (6.89 m).

Aliyev won silver in Rio-2016, and Najafzade debuted in the Games.

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