Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov highly praised the achievements of Azerbaijani tumbling gymnast Tofig Aliyev, İdman.Biz reports.
"The successes of our tumbling gymnast, Tofig Aliyev, make us proud. At competitions held this year, he performed a combination that no one in the world had executed before," the minister said during a meeting with representatives of sports media.
Farid Gayibov noted that despite his young age (19), Tofig Aliyev has become a true sporting phenomenon.
"We know that Tofig is also popular on social media, and of course, this pleases us. We would like our role-model athletes to be active on social networks as well, as this is also one of the ways to promote sport," the minister added.
