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Archer Yaylagul Ramazanova<\/strong>\u00a0has been competing in the heats for archery at the Paris 2024 Olympics and managed to score a surprise win while carrying a good luck charm\u2014her unborn child.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow, and then I shot a 10,\u201d the first-time Olympian, who is six and a half months pregnant, told official Chinese state news agency Xinhua News<\/a> on Aug. 5. She then shot a 10, the maximum number of points, and the score she needed in order to defeat China\u2019s An Qixuan<\/strong>, who had been favored to win.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the training for the Olympics, I didn\u2019t feel uncomfortable with my pregnancy. Instead, I felt that I was not fighting alone, but fighting together with my baby,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Ramazanova was unfortunately eliminated during the next round, but she added that she was satisfied because she \u201cdid her best.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow, and then I shot a 10,” <\/p>\n Meet 7 months pregnant Azerbaijan \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Archer Yaylagul Ramazanova. The first athlete from her country in this discipline.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s to phenomenal women. May we know them, may we raise them, may we be\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DPsgvAVX27<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MiyeTani! (@Miye_Tani) August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Team USA\u2019s archer Casey Kaufhold<\/strong>, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, was also impressed by what Ramazanova achieved.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s awesome that we see more expecting mothers shooting in the Olympic Games and it\u2019s great to have one in the sport of archery,\u201d the 20-year-old told The Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cShe shot really well, and I think it\u2019s really cool because my coach is also a mother and she\u2019s been doing so much to support her kids even while she\u2019s away.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s awesome for this archer that one day, she can tell her kid, \u2018Hey, I went to the Olympic Games and you were there, too,’\u201d Kaufhold added.<\/p>\n Stories of athletes competing while expecting have become less rare.<\/p>\n\n