"At the end of last year, Leyla Aliyeva and Gultaj Mammadaliyeva showed with their performances that they have the potential to beat leading athletes."
This was said by Rashad Rasullu, the general secretary of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, who was a guest of the Idman Bizde program.
He assessed the chances of the Azerbaijani female judokas at the Paris-2024 Summer Olympic Games. Rasullu said that he has high confidence in them: "The female athletes have the potential to win medal at the Olympic Games. Leyla defeated the Italian athlete who was ranked 1st in the world. She defeated all the leaders in her weight except the Japanese. He was injured in the 1/4 finals of the Europe Championship. I expect Gultaj to take a medal too. How they prepare for that day will play a decisive role. The women's team has the same conditions as the men's team. Everything is the same in Japan, from the training camp to vitalization."
Emin Aga
Idman.biz
