BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 11. The Open Asian Judo Championships have kicked off in Aktau, Kazakhstan, TurkicWorld reports.
On the first day of the competition, six Azerbaijani judokas reached the podium.
Tofiq Mamedov (-66 kg) and Gultaj Mamedalieva (-52 kg) won gold, defeating all their opponents. Silver medals were claimed by Guseyn Allahyarov (-60 kg) and Ulviya Bayramova (-57 kg), while Elshan Asadov (-66 kg) and Ibrahim Aliyev (-73 kg) took bronze.
The Azerbaijani team at the Open Asian Championship includes a total of 25 judokas.
