Azerbaijan at full force at Europeans in Lisbon
15 Apr 2021 09:30
IJF Emanuele Di Feliciantonio / International Judo Federation
Azerbaijan presents its team for the European Championships in Lisbon with nine athletes, eight man and Iryna Kindzerska is the only woman to fight in Portugal this week at the last day on Sunday. Only Rustam Orujov can t compete due to his COVID-19 infection. Orujov ws European champion in 2016, the year in which he took silver at the Rio Olympics. Azerbaijan counts 10 European titles in history, all by the men.
The Azeri team should be able to take a few medals in the men’s category. Last year in Prague the team caught 5 medals including the European title by Orkhan Safarov U66kg. Safarov and Nijat Shikhalizada are in a big fight for Olympic qualification. Also the U100kg category is interesting with both Antalya winner Ze
Kenta Nagasawa defeats home favourite Bobonov in U90kg final
7 Mar 2021 17:25
IJF Media Department
IJF Emanuele Di Feliciantonio / International Judo Federation
For three days, Uzbekistan has been chasing after its gold medal. On the second day, it was very close, but unfortunately Sharofiddin Boltaboev failed in the -81kg final against Italian Christian Parlati. The last chance therefore rested on the shoulders of Davlat Bobonov, winner of the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2020 and having so far achieved a faultless day through the preliminary rounds. In the final he was opposed to Nagasawa Kenta (JPN), already winner of two Grand Slams in his career.