2024-05-05 17:24:51
The Azerbaijani judo team today opened its account of the awards won at the European Championships in Zagreb
As reported by İdman.biz, on the first day of the competition Balabey Agayev (60) reached the final. In the decisive battle, he lost to Francisco Garrigos (Spain), winning the first EURO medal in his career.
In the same weight, Turan Bayramov fought for bronze, but came fifth, losing to Salih Yildiz (Turkey).
Aidan Velieva (52 kg) will also compete for bronze.
60 kg
Balabey Agayev started the fight from the second round, winning against Angelo Pantagno (Italy). In the quarter-finals he will face his teammate Turan Bayramov, who started with a win over Vahe Adamyan (Austria) and then got past Luis Barroso (Spain).
The fight between two Azerbaijani judokas was left to Agayev, who reached the semi-finals. In it he defeated Cedric Revaux (France). In the final, Balabey met with Francisco Garrigos (Spain) and lost, trying on silver.
And Bayramov, after losing to Agayev in the quarterfinals, went to the consolation block, where he won against Ramazan Abdullaev. In the fight for bronze, he lost to Salih Yildiz (Türkiye).
66 kg
Yashar Najafov was free at the start, and in the second round he lost to Muhammad Demirel (Türkiye).
48 kg
Leyla Aliyeva lost to Tugce Beder (Türkiye).
52 kgAidan Velieva defeated Gefen Primo (Israel) in the opening match. But in the quarterfinals she lost to Ariana Toro Soler (Spain), moving to the consolation block. At this stage she beat Anna Pulzhus (Croatia) and fought for bronze against Reka Papp (Hungary), but lost.
Gultaj Mamedalieva failed to pass Sofia Asvesta (Cyprus).
57 kg
Achelya Toprak beat Fernanda Tavares (Luxembourg), but lost to Daria Beloded (Ukraine) in the 1/8.
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