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The Judo Grand Prix tournament has started in Linz, Austria.
According to Idman.Biz, three Azerbaijani athletes competed on the first day of the competition.
In the 60 kg weight category, Murad Muradli started the tournament by defeating German Maxim Taran. He then defeated Hungarian judoka Csanad Fecko in the 1/8 finals. However, in the quarter-finals, the Azerbaijani judoka lost to Japanese Sei Sato. In the consolation match for the bronze final, Muradli lost to Kazakh Aman Bakitzhan and stopped the fight.
In the 66 kg weight category, Ruslan Pashayev started from the second round. In his first match, he defeated Israeli Eran Fiks, and then in the 1/8 finals, Serbian Matija Jeremic. In the quarter-finals, Pashayev defeated Spaniard Adrian Nieto Chinarro, and in the semi-finals, he defeated another Spanish athlete, David Garcia Torne, to reach the final of the tournament. In the final, the Azerbaijani judoka will face Brazilian Ronald Lima. Another Azerbaijani athlete, Islam Rahimov, also joined the tournament from the second round in this weight category, but lost in the first match to Italian Alessio De Lucca and stopped participating in the tournament.
09:44
Today, the Judo Grand Prix tournament will start in Linz, Austria.
Idman.Biz reports that three members of the Azerbaijani national team will compete in two weight categories on the first day of the competition.
Among men, Murad Muradli, who will join the competition in the 60 kg weight category from the 1/8 finals, will face German representative Maxim Taran.
In the 66 kg weight category, Ruslan Pashayev will face the winner of the Eran Fiks (Israel) - Yusuf Nurkovic (Montenegro) pair in the 1/16 final stage.
In this weight, our other representative, Islam Rahimov, will also start the competition from the 1/16 finals. He will face the winner of the Andreas Prokop (Austria) - Alessio De Luca (Italy) pair.
