On the eve of the World Championship, which will start on June 13 in Budapest, Hungary, the European Judo Union (EJU) assessed the balance of power in the 66 kg weight category and also noted Azerbaijani athlete Ruslan Pashayev.
İdman.biz reports that the EJU emphasized the high competition in the mentioned weight category.
The article says: "This is an incredibly strong weight category with a large number of athletes competing, and there are several very interesting judokas here. Among them, David Garcia Torne from Spain can be noted. He had to miss the European Championship due to injury. Another talented athlete in this weight is Azerbaijani Ruslan Pashayev. He won a gold medal at the "Grand Slam" tournament in Paris".
At the same time, athletes from Tajikistan (Nurali Emomali, Obid Jebov) and Japan (Hifume Abe, Takeshi Takeoka) are in the top "four" of the ranking.
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