Azerbaijani parataekwondo player Imamaddin Khalilov (K-44) won the title of world champion
İdman.biz reforms that the athlete, who tried his strength at 70 kg, achieved this success at the World Cup held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Khalilov, who was released from the 1/16 finals, faced a Spanish parataekwondo player in his first fight. Azerbaijani compatriot defeated the world and European champion with a score of 7:3. Then he knocked out the Georgian athlete - 16:2. Imameddin fought with the representative of Cuba in the semi-finals. In a tense match, the member of the national team won with a score of 12:9.
Our parataekwondo player's opponent in the final was from Uzbekistan. Khalilov won this time with a score of 5:2, won the title of world champion and sang the Azerbaijani national anthem in Mexico. Consequently, Imameddin won the 6th prize in the 6 competitions he participated in. The parataekwondo player, who won the first place in the European Paralympic Games in the Netherlands, the open World Challenge Race in South Korea, and the Grand Prix in Mexico, was second in the European Open Championship in France and third in the Grand Prix in Paris.
The success at the World Championship went down in history as the first gold medal since parataekwondo was included in the Summer Olympics.
It should be noted that it will end on September 24. On the last day of the World Cup, Abulfaz Abuzarli (80 kg, K-44) will join the fight.
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