Natiq Bagirov, advisor to the President of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, assessed the performance of the national team at the European Championship held in Tbilisi.
Idman.Biz reports that the expert stated that the team performed well despite not winning a gold medal: "All the medal winners are very strong judokas, only the color and value of their medals change. They try to perform better every year. Including our athletes, in my opinion, they performed very well."
Bagirov also spoke about the next goals: "We will try to perform better at the World Championship to be held in Baku in October. Probably, the home walls will also help us."
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani national team finished the European Championship with 4 medals: Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) won silver, Ahmad Yusifov (60 kg), Turan Bayramov (66 kg) and Zelim Tckaev (81 kg) won bronze medals.