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Elkhan Mammadov become the world judo champion

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The judo world championship which was held in Rio de Janeiro from 26 August to 1 September has ended. Azerbaijan national team finished it with 1 gold and 1 bronze medals, holding 6th place by overall team score.

In the men’s 100 kg competition our sportsman Elkhan Mammadov defeated Israeli, Spanish, Japanese and Uzbek athletes and reached the final, where he won Dutch athlete. This was the first time Azerbaijani judo athlete to become a world champion.

Our athlete Orkhan Safarov (60 kg) has taken 3rd place.