Azerbaijan tops overall standings at U-23 European Judo Championships
Baku, October 31, AZERTAC
Azerbaijani judokas Ajdar Baghirov and Kanan Nasibov have won gold medals at the U-23 European Judo Championships in Naples, Italy.
According to the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, Baghirov, competing in the -100 kg weight category, defeated Germany’s Jannis Baschini in the final to claim the European title. Before reaching the final, the Azerbaijani judoka defeated Ivan Kutenkov of Ukraine, Borna Butijer of Croatia, and Ronald Pröll of Austria.
In the +100 kg category, Nasibov also went undefeated. He defeated Serbia’s Vidak Maljević in the final to defend his title and become U-23 European champion for the second consecutive year. On his way to the final, Nasibov defeated Luka Ivanković of Croatia, Jean Rigo of France, and Morteza Suha of Germany.
The Azerbaijani team thus finished the individual competitions with three gold medals, topping the overall team standings. Earlier, Islam Rahimov (-66 kg) had also won the U-23 European title for the second consecutive year.
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