Azerbaijan's team of young judokas finished the Graz Junior European Cup 2024 with 4 medals.
Idman.biz reports that the judokas achieved this success in the tournament held in Graz, Austria.
In the 81 kg weight category, Suleyman Shukurov was released from the first round. He eliminated Hristo Valkov (Bolgistan), Mahomed Khakimov (Ukraine), Maxiliano Simomura (Brazil) and Mihajlo Simin (Serbia). Azerbaijani representative defeated Georgian Luka Javakhishvili in the final and became the champion.
Mammadrza Hajizade, competing in the same weight, defeated Joseph Lehninger (Germany) and Issa Naschcho (Austria) and lost to Javakhishvili in the quarter-finals. He was defeated by Simin for the 3rd place.
Tuncay Shamil (90 kg) fought in the final. Azerbaijan's representative defeated Seydi Gunes (Turkiye), Ronald Proell (Austria) and Alexandru Sibisan (Romania). In the semi-finals, Tuncay, who was stronger than Floris Den Hartog from the Netherlands, competed with Christian Miranda in a decisive battle. After winning, our judoka took the 1st place in the European Cup.
Kanan Nasibov (+100 kg) defeated Turkish Talha Polat, American Alex Semenenko and Japanese Shuntaro Tezuka in the finals of the European Cup. Kanan won the gold medal by winning over Canadian Jon Bessonga in the decisive match.
Ramazan Ahmadov, competing in the same weight, defeated Shuntaro Tezuka in the match for bronze.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani team, which participated in the European Cup with 13 athletes, could not win a medal on the first day.
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