Azerbaijan claims its first medal at Rio Paralympics 2016

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Baku. 9 September. REPORT.AZ/ Azerbaijani judo fighter Bayram Mustafayev (66kg) has grabbed silver. 

Thus, he added the first medal to Azerbaijan's count at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Report informs, he lost to Uzbek Utkirjon Nigmatov in the gold medal bout.

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