The European Youth Judo Championship continues in Tallinn, Estonia.
On the 2nd day of the competition, 3 Azerbaijani judokas went to the tatami, Idman.biz reports.
2 Azerbaijani judokas were remembered with a successful performance.
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Vusal Galandarzade overcame Kosovar Dion Sharapolli in the 1/16 final stage. He then defeated Emre Karaduman (Turkiye). Galandarzade eliminated Peter Jean in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals. He also defeated his next opponent, Mate Beruashvili (Georgia). Galandarzade defeated his Bulgarian opponent Dimitar Gospodinov in the final and climbed to the top of the podium.
Aydın Rzayev, who started wrestling in the first round, won over Ibrahim Demirel (Turkiye). He then secured victory over Vlad Mitru (Moldova). Rzayev lost to Danish Morgan Errboe in the 1/8 finals. Aydın stopped the fight because the opponent lost in the quarterfinals.
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Suleyman Shukurov also started from the 1/16 final. He first won against Petrov Kesov (Cyprus). Shukurov then defeated Luka Zorotovic (Croatia) and Luka Javakhishvili (Georgia) and advanced to the semifinals. Suleyman overcame Igor Tsurka (Ukraine) in the match for the final. Shukurov defeated his Georgian opponent Aleksandre Loladze in the decisive match and won the title of strongest.
After the first day, the Azerbaijan national team has two gold and one silver medals. Konul Aliyeva (48 kg) and Fidan Alizada (57 kg) were on the highest level of the podium. Nizami Imranov (60 kg) clinched a silver medal.
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