The World Judo Championship continues in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Idman.biz reports that 3 more athletes of the Azerbaijani national team entered the tatami on the third day of the World Cup.
Hidayat Heydarov and Rashid Mammadaliyev among men, and Fidan Alizade among women will join the fight from the 1/16 final stage.
World Championship
Men
73 kg
Hidayat Heydarov will face Otari Kvantidze, originally from Georgia, representing Portugal.
Rashid Mammadaliyev, who competes in the same weight, will face the winner of the pair Kazbek Nagushev (UAE) - Giovanni Esposito (Italy).
Women
57 kg
Fidan Alizade will clarify relations with Serbian Marika Perisic.
It should be noted that Azerbaijan is represented at the World Championship by 13 judokas in 10 weight categories. In the first two days of the competition, Ahmad Yusifov (60 kg) and Ruslan Pashayev (66 kg) in the men's competition, and Leyla Aliyeva, Konul Aliyeva (both 48 kg) and Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (52 kg) in the women's competition were defeated early and finished the fight without medals.
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