In Baku in the Heydar Aliyev Sports Palace, the Bolshoi helmet tournament with the participation of 366 judokas and judokos from 61 countries continues. Azerbaijan is represented by 37 athletes and athletes.
Today, in the weight category up to 73 kg, Heidarov alternately defeated rivals from Poland, Finland, Belgium, Spain and went to the final, where he would meet Arthur Margelidon from Canada.
In the same weight, our other famous judoka Rustam Obodzhev defeated Kyrgyz, but in the 1/8 finals lost to the Belgian and dropped out of the struggle.
Here, Vusal Galandarzade, after winning an opponent from Tajikistan, lost to the future finalist Margelidon. Another of our representatives in weight up to 73 kg – Telman Veliev – lost at the start of the Kazakh.
In the category up to 81 kg, Said Mollai entered the final. On the way to the decisive battle, he prevailed over rivals from Spain, Tajikistan, Bahrain and Hungary. In the final, Said will meet with Matthias Cash desk from Belgium.
In this weight, Zelim Tskaev dropped out of the struggle in the 1/8 finals, and Eljan Gadzhiev and Omar Rajababy – in the 1/16 finals.
In the female weight category up to 63 kg, Aitaj Gardashhanly reached a comforting fight, where she lost to the Slovenca and dropped out of the struggle for medals.
In weight up to 70 kg, Gunel Hasanla, who defeated the Colombian and entered the 1/8 finals, where she lost the judoka from Croatia.
Recall that on the first day of the competition, Balabek Agayev (60 kg) won gold, Kyaramyov Huseynov (60 kg) and Orhan Safarov (66 kg) took bronze.