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On the second day of the Judo Grand Prix held in Linz, Austria, our team added two more medals to its tally.
Both medals were won by our judokas in the -81 kg weight category. Vusal Galandarzade won silver, and Omar Rajabli won bronze. Vusal lost in the final match against Adilet Almata (Kazakhstan) due to injury. Omar defeated Eetu Ihanamaki from Finland in the match for third place.
It is worth recalling that Ruslan Pashayev (-66 kg) won the competition the previous day.
With a collection of medals, Azerbaijan ranks third among 59 countries in the overall team standings, and first among men.
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Omar Rajabli, representing our country in the 81 kg weight category, won a medal at the Upper Austria Judo Grand Prix tournament held in Linz.
Omar Rajabli won the bronze medal of the Linz Grand Prix by defeating Finnish Eetu Ihanamaki in the match for third place.
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Vusal Galandarzade, representing our country in the 81 kg weight category at the Upper Austria Judo Grand Prix tournament held in Linz, reached the final.
Idman.Biz reports that Galandarzade defeated Finnish Eetu Ihanamaki by ippon in the semi-final.
Another athlete representing us in the 81 kg weight category, Omar Rajabli, defeated Yahya Nurkovic from Montenegro in the consolation match, earning the chance to fight for a bronze medal.
Earlier, in the ¼ final, Rajabli lost to Adilet Almata from Kazakhstan. Galandarzade defeated Mihajlo Simin from Serbia in the quarter-final stage.
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Today, on the second day of the Judo Grand Prix tournament held in Linz, Austria, two of our athletes will compete on the tatami.
Idman.Biz reports that the Judo Federation has released information about this.
It was reported that Vusal Galandarzade and Omar Rajabli will represent our country in the 81 kg weight category among men.
V. Galandarzade will start the competition from the 1/32 final stage. His opponent will be Takahiro Yamashina, representing Japan.
O. Rajabli will join the fight from the 1/16 final stage. He will face the winner of the match between US athlete Yohan Silot and Hungarian representative Benedek Tot.
