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ANOTHER AZERBAIJANI BOXER TOOK BRONZE MEDAL
On August 27, the Azerbaijan sportsman Fuad Aslanov acted in a weight category 51 kg, on results of the semifinal of Olympic tournament on boxing has won a bronze medal. In this fight French Thomas Jeremy defeated him with a small break in the account - 18:23.
This very day, our eminent sportsman, the champion of Olympiad in Sydney freestyle wrestler Namig Abdullayev (55 kg), has failed to win the first fight. Unfortunately, irrespective of result of the subsequent fight, our sportsman competing in the group into which three athletes entered has left from the further struggle. The Japanese fighter who has won him, passed to the next stage.
Representing our country in competitions on taekwondo Niyamaddin Pashayev (68 kg) was lost with the first fight to the South-Korean sportsman. However, he still had chance to fight for a bronze medal in the case that the contender would pass to the final. But, alas, it did not happen.