On July 29, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva called the judoka Hidayat Heydarov, who won the title of Olympic champion with a brilliant victory at the "Paris-2024" XXXIII Summer Olympic Games.

Axar.az reports that the President's Press Service has released information about this.

The head of state and the first lady congratulated Hidayat Heydarov on his brilliant victory in the judo competitions of the Olympics and wished him new victories in his future sports activities.

Hidayat Heydarov thanked the head of state and the first lady for the phone call and sincere congratulations, and emphasized that he was proud to raise the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan and play the National Anthem at the Olympics. He said that he will continue to work diligently to achieve new successes.