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S. GUMANOV: HIGH RESULTS PRODUCED BY AZERBAIJANI JUDOISTS AT BEIJING OLYMPICS - GREAT SUCCESS OF AZERBAIJAN PEOPLE
“Our main rivals at the upcoming World Cup are Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine,” senior coach of Belarus national judo team Semen Gumanov told AZERTAC.
“High results produced by Azerbaijani judoists at the Beijing Olympics is a great success of Azerbaijan people. They prepared very well for the previous Olympics as well. They just had not luck,” he said
Gumanov said the Belarus national team includes mainly young athletes. According to him, the competition is a build-up to the London Olympic Games.
“Staging such prestigious competitions in Baku is not accidental. The world wrestling championship held in the capital of Azerbaijan last year is an evidence of this. All conditions for training and rest of athletes were created here. We are very satisfied with the organization of the competition and hospitality of Azerbaijanis. I have been here before. The capital has changed a lot. High and beautiful buildings, new infrastructure of the city make Baku unusually beautiful”.