Azerbaijan Open taekwondo championship to be held

The Russian and Ukrainian teams have already arrived in Azerbaijan and are training in Quba Olympic Sports Complex in Quba province.

National teams of Iran and Poland are coming to Azerbaijan on Monday.

Azeri head coach Alakbar Imamaliyev will announce the national team's final roster on August 15.

One of the best taekwondoists of the Azerbaijani team, world and two-times European champion Niyamaddin Pashayev (68 kg), is missing the competition because of injury.

However, coach Alakbar Imamaliyev believes his other athletes Elnur Amanov (58 kg), Rashad Ahmadov (80 kg) and Tavakkul Bayramov ( over 80 kg) will be successful.

/AzerTAg/