Young Para-Taekwondo athlete Sabir Zeynalov won a bronze medal at the Turkish Open International Para-Taekwondo Tournament held in Antalya, Turkey.
Competing in the K44 category in the 58 kg weight class, our Paralympian defeated Timur Baitimirov (Russia) in the 1/8 finals and Fayoz Valijonov (Uzbekistan) in the 1/4 finals to advance to the semi-finals.
Our athlete, who advanced to the semi-finals, finished the international tournament, which awards ranking points for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic Games, with a bronze medal.

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Young Para-Taekwondo athlete Amin Aliyev won a bronze medal at the Turkish Open International Para-Taekwondo Tournament held in Antalya, Turkey.
Competing in the K44 category in the 63 kg weight class, our Paralympian defeated Ayoub Adouich (Morocco), bronze medalist of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, in the 1/8 finals, and Mehmet Dönmez (Turkey) in the 1/4 finals to advance to the semi-finals.
Our athlete, who advanced to the semi-finals, finished the international tournament, which awards ranking points for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic Games, with a bronze medal.

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Teenage Para-Taekwondo athlete Samaya Hasanova won a bronze medal at the Turkish Open International Para-Taekwondo Tournament held in Antalya, Turkey.
Competing in the K44 category in the 47 kg weight class, our Paralympian defeated Medine Cin (Turkey) in the 1/8 finals and Gül Ekincini (Turkey) in the 1/4 finals to advance to the semi-finals.
Our athlete, who advanced to the semi-finals, finished the international tournament, which awards ranking points for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic Games, with a bronze medal.

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Today, the Turkish Open International Para-Taekwondo Tournament will be held in Antalya, Turkey.
Idman.Biz reports that our country will be represented at the tournament in the K-44 category by male athletes Sabir Zeynalov (58 kg), Amin Aliyev (63 kg), Amin Shikhaliyev (63 kg), Imamaddin Khalilov (70 kg) and Orkhan Jafarov (80 kg), and female athlete Samaya Hasanova (47 kg).
The tournament awards ranking points for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic Games.
Our national team will be led at the competition by head coach Farid Taghizade and senior coach of the team Yashar Safarov.