The European Youth Championship continues in Bratislava, Slovakia.
On the second day of the competition, two Azerbaijani judokas took to the tatami. Both ended the championship without medals, Idman.biz reports.
European Championship
August 5
73 kg
Abil Yusubov defeated Georgios Kotzachristos (Greece) in the round of 1/16 and Stevan Maitin (Switzerland) in the next round. However, he was stopped by Victor Skerlev (Bulgaria) in the quarterfinals and could not overcome Lucio Tavoletta (Italy) in the repechage match.
81 kg
Suleyman Shukurov defeated Dusan Grahovac (Slovenia) in the round of 1/16 but then lost to Inaki Merchan (Spain).
On the first day of the competition, Azerbaijani judokas Nihad Mamishov (60 kg) and Mahammad Musayev (66 kg) won gold, while Nizami Imranov (66 kg) took bronze.
Idman.biz