Kosovo Olympic team finishes Olympic Games with two medals

Kosovo's Olympic team will return home with two Olympic medals out of a possible nine from the Olympic Games, as Hana Beiqi and Gresa Bakraci were the last Kosovar athletes to compete at Paris 2024.

Beiqi and Bakraçi failed in the first rounds in their respective competitions saturday in the French capital, falling out of medals.

The 15-year-old swimmer came last in her battery, clocking 27.34 seconds, insufficient to secure a place among the top 16. This was her olympic debut.

Bakrachi, meanwhile, was disqualified from the race in the 800-meter run, after breaking the rules by shortening the running route, after prematurely exiting her lane.

However, the Olympic team will return to Kosovo with two Olympic medals from this Olympics, after Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Distria Krasniqi won the silver medal in the up to 52 kilograms in judo, while Laura Fazliu won the bronze medal in her debut, Radio Free Europe reports.

Fazliu triumphed in the 63 kilograms category to win his first Olympic medal of his career.

In these games, she marked her debut as coach and legendary Kosovar judoka, Majlinda Kelmendi, winning her first Olympic medal in her new role as coach Of The Obers.

Kelmendi wrote the history of Kosovar sport when he became olympic champion on debut at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Besides Beiqi and Bakraçi, medals failed to win Adell Shabovic, Nora Gjakova, Akil Gjakova, Loriana Kuka and Donjeta Sadiku.

Kosovo travelled to Paris with nine athletes in sports such as judo, swimming, athletics and boxing.

Kosovo made its debut in 2016 at the Rio Olympics in Brazil and has since won five Olympic medals, three gold, one silver and one bronze, all in judo.