Azerbaijani weightlifter who was evicted from the country, won the Olympic gold medal for Kazakhstan

Azerbaijanian Nijad Rahimov won the gold medal for Kazakhstan in weightlifting in the weight category up to 77 kg at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Rahimov in the double-event lifted 379 kg, setting a new world record.  The President of Kazakhstan  N. Nazarbayev congratulated him. It is noteworthy that  more than two years ago, Rahimov  was actually expelled from the national team in weightlifting in Azerbaijan. The reason for this was the criticism of the methods of  the coach training the athletes. Later on , his father , a former weightlifter, began to train him for competitions. However,  sports chiefs  did not like it, and did not include him to the  combined team.  In response Rahimov moved to Kazakhstan,  and  there a 20 year-old Nijad has made great  success.  The Azerbaijani authorities are terribly proud of their achievements, picking up foreign players from around the world, and giving them national passports. The  Sports Minister Azad Rahimov presents it as  the development of sport. With regard to the policy of the authorities,  each minister or oligarch undertakes to lead one of the sports federations, sponsor, and report on progress. In fact, it has the opposite effect. Raiders grab federations, athletes leave the country, and the recruitment of foreign players  is presented as  an achievement. Thus, anecdotal situations  happen.  Suffice it to recall the failure of the British Embassy to issue visas to the members of the women's national team of Azerbaijan in field hockey. The reason for the refusal was that  eight  members of the national team were nationals of South Korea,  who got Azeri passport a couple of months ago. -02В-