FOUR AZERBAIJANI PARALYMPIANS QUALIFY FOR BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
Oleq Panyutin, Athens Paralympic Games and European champion, won silver in broad jump with 6.78 meters.
Prizewinner of Athens Paralympic Games Vladimir Zayets was second with 6.72 meters in broad jump, and leapt 14.94 meters in triple jump to qualify for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in both events.
400m runner, European champion Yuri Qornak and triple jumper, silver medallist of Athens Paralympic Games, European champion Zeynidin Bilalov had to be satisfied with bronze.
Number of Azerbaijani paralympians who qualified for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games rose to five.
The first Azerbaijani athlete to win the right to go to China was shooter Yelena Taranova.
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