BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 2. Azerbaijani judokas
won a total of 5 medals in the 3 different tournaments they
participated in today, Trend reports.
Young judokas won three medals at the European Cup, which kicked
off in Istanbul, Türkiye. Nihad Mamishov (66 kilograms) defeated
all his opponents and took first place. Aykhan Mirzazade (60
kilograms) and Sadig Isgandarli (66 kilograms) took third
place.
Azerbaijan, with 1 gold and 2 bronze medals, took 3rd place in
the overall team standings among 27 countries, and 2nd place in the
youth competition.
The Azerbaijani youth judo team won a medal on the first day of
the European Cup, held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Farid Rzazade (50
kilograms) defeated all his opponents to take first place. In the
final, the Azerbaijani athlete defeated Armen Matevosyan from
Armenia.
Rashid Mammadaliyev (73 kilograms) won bronze medal at the Grand
Slam tournament in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. This is the
first medal for the Azerbaijani team at this tournament.
