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Azerbaijani team shines at Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi

31 October 2016 [13:15] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan's national judo team has successfully performed and took the forth place at the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi, the UAE.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2016, the penultimate Grand Slam of the year, opened on World Judo Day as Rio 2016 Olympic medalists returned to the IJF World Judo Tour for the first time in the United Arab Emirates. 

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam brought together 157 fighters from 30 countries, while Azerbaijan’s hopes were pinned on twelve judo fighters.

Azerbaijan’s gold medal came from a former world champion, Elkhan Mammadov  (100 kg).

The Azerbaijani judoka firstly defeated Kazakh Aibek Serikbayev and Croatian Zlatko Kumri?.

In the final, Mammadov secured the medal after beating  his Brazilian rival Luciano Correa.

Judoka Rustam Orujov (73 kg) grabbed silver for Azerbaijan, while Tural Safguliyev (90 kg) claimed a bronze medal.

Tural Safguliyev defeated judoka Nantenaina Finesse, however  he  lost to the Serbian Alexander Kukolye. Next, Azerbaijani judoka grabbed victory over Brazilian Eduardo Bettoni and German judoka Hannes Conrad.

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