Azerbaijani karateka Madina Sadigova became the European champion by winning a gold medal in the women's -55 kg weight category at the European Karate Championship among adults held in Frankfurt, Germany.
Idman.Biz reports that Sadigova defeated Turkish İm Zümra Rezza in the final - 9:6.
Thus, Madina Sadigova went down in Azerbaijani karate history as the first Azerbaijani female karateka to become a European champion among adults.
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The representative of Azerbaijan won a medal at the European Karate Championship held in Frankfurt, Germany.
Idman.Biz informs that Irina Zaretska, silver medalist of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, world and European champion, distinguished herself.
Irina faced Maria Nieto (Spain), the finalist of the previous European Championship, in the bronze medal match.
Zaretska won the bronze medal by defeating her opponent 6:1.

Our other representative, Gulay Orucova, lost to Bosnian Emina Sipovic 4:0 in the bronze medal match.
Our karateka Aslan Dostuyev also lost to Montenegrin Balsa Vojinovic in the fight for third place – 2:7.