Olympic archer who competed while six months pregnant reveals heartwarming 'good luck' sign her unborn baby gave her moments before epic win

An Olympics athlete who competed while six months pregnant has opened up about the heartwarming 'good luck' message that her unborn baby gave her just moments before she achieved an epic win.

Archer Yaylagul Ramazanova, from Azerbaijan, 34, faced off against Chinese archer An Qixuan in Paris last week.

The women tied, forcing them to enter into a shoot-off - which meant they each had one arrow and whoever got the highest score with that arrow would make it through to the next round.

And just seconds before Yaylagul made her final shot, the expectant mother said she received a touching sign from the baby inside of her stomach.

'I felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow, and then I shot a 10,' she told Chinese outlet Xinhua News earlier this week.

A Olympics athlete who competed while six months pregnant has opened up about the 'good luck' message that her unborn baby gave her just moments before her win

Archer Yaylagul Ramazanova (right), from Azerbaijan, 34, faced off against Chinese archer An Qixuan in Paris last week

The athlete said she believed the kick gave her 'strength and luck.'

She ended up winning thanks to her impressive score of 10, as her competitor only scored a nine.

Yaylagul told the publication that she felt like she was not 'alone' during the Olympics because she was 'fighting together with her baby.'

'During the training for the Olympics, I didn't feel uncomfortable with my pregnancy. Instead, I felt that I was not fighting alone, but fighting together with my baby,' she said. 

The sports star was unfortunately eliminated during the next round, but she added that she was satisfied because she 'did her best.' 

'I wanted to get a medal. Every athlete does but not everyone can, but that's OK as long as I did my best,' she continued.

'I will teach my kid archery if he or she is interested in it.' 

While Yaylagul didn't walk away with a gold medal, she did win something else: the hearts of millions of people across the globe.

And just seconds before Yaylagul made her final shot, the expectant mother said she received a touching sign from the baby inside of her stomach

'I felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow, and then I shot a 10,' she told Chinese outlet Xinhua News earlier this week

The fact that she competed at the 2024 Games while expecting her first child left thousands of people across the globe impressed

The fact that she competed at the 2024 Games while expecting her first child quickly transformed her into a massive social media star. 

One Instagram user called her their 'favorite part of the Olympics,' while another described her as a 'true example of empowered women.'

'I watched her live perform last week. She was amazing. The whole crowd was supporting her and that feeling was amazing honestly,' one person commented on a video detailing her story.

'I've never heard about her before (as I never watched archery) but now she is definitely in my mind.'

'Women can do anything,' someone else gushed. 

'Wow, so so awesome. You go girl. You're an inspiration,' a third comment read.

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez, 26, also participated in the 2024 Olympics while expecting

She revealed that she was seven months pregnant when she claimed a shock victory over Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the United States last week 

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez, 26, also participated in the 2024 Olympics while expecting. 

She revealed that she was seven months pregnant when she claimed a shock victory over Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the United States last week.

'What appears to you as two players on the podium, they were actually three! It was me, my competitor, and my yet-to-come to our world, little baby,' she wrote on Instagram afterwards.

'I'm writing this post to say that pride fills my being for securing my place in the round of 16.

'This specific Olympics was different. Three times Olympian but this time carrying a little Olympian one.'

She lost in the next round to South Korea's Jeon Ha-young.