The draw of the judo athletes for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games has been made.
As Idman.biz reports, the opponents of the Azerbaijani athletes who will participate in the competition have been announced.
Azerbaijan will compete with 7 male and 2 female judokas. The competitions on the tatami will start on July 27.
Four Azerbaijani athletes were among the seeded in the draw. These are Balabay Aghayev (60 kg), Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg), Zelim Tckaev (81 kg) and Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kg). Three of them, Agayev, Heydarov and Kotsoyev, will start the competition from the 1/8 finals.
Men
July 27, 60 kg
Balabey Agayev – Simon Zulu (Zambia)/ Kim Won Jin (South Korea) pairing winner
July 28, 66 kg
Yashar Najafov – Strahinja Buncic (Serbia)
July 29, 73 kg
Hidayat Heydarov – Tohar Butbul (Israel) / Messaoud Redouane Dris (Algeria) pairing winner
July 30, 81 kg
Zelim Tckaev – Alpha Oumar Djalo (France)/Abdelrahman Abdelghani (Egypt) pairing winner
July 31, 90 kg
Eljan Hajiyev – Mikail Ozerler (Turkiye)
August 1, 100 kg
Zelym Kotsoiev - Piotr Kuczera (Poland) / Thomas Briceno (Chile) pair winner
August 2
Ushangi Kokauri - Rafael Silva (Brazil)
Women
July 27, 48 kg
Leyla Aliyeva - Khalimajon Kurbonova (Uzbekistan)
July 28, 52 kg
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva - Angelica Delgado (USA)
378 athletes from 122 countries will compete in the Paris 2024 judo tournament.
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