Azerbaijan appealed to IOC to return medals of 2024 Games due to poor quality

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Azerbaijan has applied to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to return medals of the 2024 Olympics due to their poor quality. This was reported in the press service of the NOC on January 23.

According to the agency, in connection with the appeals of athletes, an investigation was conducted, as a result of which it was revealed that the awards of seven Olympians from Azerbaijan, including Olympic judo champions Hidayat Heydarov and Zelim Kotsoyev, have lost their quality,Gazeta.Ruspecified.

Earlier, on December 30, 2024, Clement Secchi and Yohann Ndoye Brouard, who won bronze in the swimming relay at the 2024 Olympic Games, posted photos of their shabby Olympic medals on social networks.

Brouard posted a photo of the blackened medal on X (formerly Twitter) and captioned it: "Paris 1924." In turn, his relay teammate Clément Secchi accompanied his publication of a photo of a peeling medal on Instagram (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation, banned) with the caption "Crocodile skin".

Earlier, on August 12 last year, State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev noted that the completed summer Olympics in Paris was one of the worst in history. The parliamentarian criticized the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, insufficient preparation of the Seine River for the performance of athletes in water sports, as well as the conditions of accommodation of the athletes themselves in the Olympic Village.

The closing ceremony took place on August 12 and was concluded to the song My Way by American Frank Sinatra. At the end of the ceremony, the Olympic flag was handed over to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as a sign that the next Summer Olympics will be held in 2028 in Los Angeles, USA.

The Paris Olympics took place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Fifteen athletes from Russia competed in neutral status in five sports.