Our karateka Turgut Hasanov won a gold medal in the -84 kg weight category at the 3rd CIS Games.
Idman.biz reports that this is the fourth gold medal won by our karate team at the Games.
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The karate competitions of the 3rd CIS Games will end today.
Idman.biz reports that 12 representatives of the Azerbaijani national team will compete for a gold medal in the fights to be held at the Mingachevir Kur Olympic Center.
On the second day of the competition, Aysu Aliyeva, Renata Arabli (both 61 kg), Irina Zaretska, Aysel Gasimova (both 68 kg), Fatima Badalova and Aggul Asgarova (both +68 kg) among women, and Farid Agayev, Rashid Suleymanov (both 75 kg), Turgut Hasanov, Farid Shahbazli (both 84 kg), Asiman Gurbanli, Vahid Hasanov (both +84 kg) among men will represent our country.
It should be noted that Madina Sadigova (55 kg) defeated her compatriot Nazrin Piriyeva, Nuran Rzazade (67 kg) defeated Kyrgyz Erlan Akylbek Uulu, and Roman Heydarov (in individual kata competition) defeated Uzbek Samandar Urazaliyev and climbed to the highest step of the podium.
Farid Savadov (60 kg) and Nazrin Piriyeva (55 kg) won silver medals, and Inji Azizova (50 kg), Aslan Dostuyev (67 kg), Ramila Heydarova, Rovshan Aliyev (both in individual kata competitions) won bronze medals.
It is worth reminding that the 3rd CIS Games, in which a total of 1624 athletes from 13 countries participate, will end on October 8.