The World Judo Championship continues in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Idman.biz reports that two more athletes of the Azerbaijani national team have joined the competition today.
World Championship
Men
90 kg
Vugar Talibov wrestled with Luka Maisuradze (Georgia) in the 1/32 final and lost.
Eljan Hajiyev, who was exempt from the first stage, defeated Nurbek Murtuzoyev (Uzbekistan) in the 1/16 final. He defeated Peng-Yu Chen (Chinese Taipei) in his second match. Hajiyev faced Adam Kopeski (Czech Republic) in the 1/4 final and won this duel as well. Eljan clarified his relationship with Goki Tajima from Japan in the semi-final. Unfortunately, he could not continue his successful streak. Hajiyev will fight against Kristofer Kaljulaid (Estonia) for the bronze medal.
It should be noted that Zelim Tckaev (81 kg) has already won a bronze medal in the team.
Idman.biz