The Grand Slam judo tournament began today in Abu Dhabi.
As reported by İdman.biz, on the first day of the competition, six Azerbaijani athletes took to the tatami. Acelya Toprak (57 kg) won bronze.
60 kg
Balabey Agayev started his performance from the second round, losing to Dauren Sukenov (Kazakhstan).
Huseyn Allahyarov lost to Nika Khuzairashvili (Georgia).
66 kg
Ruslan Pashayev started from the second round, losing to Theo Raoult (France).
Rashad Elkiev defeated Ismail Nishonboev (Uzbekistan) and Benz Pogrants (Hungary), reaching the quarterfinals. At this stage, he lost to Erhenbayar Battogtokh (Mongolia) and went to the consolation block, where he lost to Takeshi Takeoka (Japan).
48 kg
Leyla Aliyeva started the tournament straight from the quarterfinals, losing to Sarah Isht (Germany). She went to the consolation block, losing to Melanie Legault (France). The result is seventh place.
57 kg
Achelya Toprak passed Marina Azina (Cyprus), reaching the quarterfinals. At this stage she lost to Shirlene Nascimento (Brazil) and went to the repechage block. Her opponent in this fight was previously injured and Toprak moved on. In the fight for bronze, she defeated Flaka Loja (Kosovo).
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