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Azerbaijani judoka grabs medal in Grand Slam tournament
- 27 October, 2017
- 14:16
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Baku. 27 October. REPORT.AZ/ Azerbaijani national team grabbed another medal in Grand Slam judo tournament in Abu-Dhabi, UAE.
Report informs, in the second day of competition Rustam Orujov won bronze medal. Orujov started fighting from 1/16 final stage. 26-year-old athlete defeated in a row Brazilian Alex Pombo Silva and US judoka Nicholas Delpopolo and threw them out of competition. But in quarter final he lost to Russian Musa Mogushkov.
This was the second medal of Azerbaijan at Grand Slam competition. Last day Nijat Shikhalizade (66 kg) took a silver.
Today, another Azerbaijani judoka Naim Huseynov (81 kg) in the first fighting lost to Russian Alan Khubetsov and left the competition.
The tournament will end on October 29.
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