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Six Azerbaıjanı kickboxers become world champions

Baku, November 9, AZERTAC

Six Azerbaijanis kickboxers have claimed gold medals at WKA world championship in Benidorm, Spain.

Azer Aslanov, Vaqif Bahlulzade, Nahid Gulmalıyev, Umid Aghayev, Seymur Jafarov and Anar Ibrahimov climbed onto the winner`s rostrum in different weight categories.

Earlier in the day Azerbaijani kickboxer Eduard Mammadov grabbed a WKA world title after defeating an Armenian opponent.

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