At the African Open
Championship, held in the city of Port-Louis, “Neftchi” Sports Club’s judokas
have taken 2 medals. Competing in the 81 kg weight category Abdulhagg Rasullu has
defeated Qatari Usama Khadjama. In the quarter-final our athlete has failed to
Montenegro judoist Sirjan
Mravlevich and he has joined the consolatory matches. At this stage, he has
primarily won Gabonese Pol Kibikai. Then Rasullu has won Marco Bubanian and he
has grabbed the bronze medal. Another graduate of the club Mammadali Mehdiyev
(90 kg) has also achieved the same success. In this way, he has won over the
Chile athlete Tomas Briseno and the Moroccan İmad Abdullauini and he has
reached the semifinal. At this stage, Mehdiyev has lost to the Algerian judoist
Abderahman Benamadi and has won the British Endryu Berns in the fight for third
place.