The third day of
“Grand Slam” competition on Judo, held in Tokyo, has been successful for
Azerbaijan national team.”Neftchi” Sports
Club’s member, who represents national team in 100 kg weight category, Elmar
Gasimov has won the bronze medal of the tournament.In the first meeting
Gasimov has defeat the owner of tatami Aaron Wolff. In the next matches our
judoka has won over German Dino Pfeyfferi, then Cuban Joz Armentera. And in the
semifinal, he has lost to the Japanese world champion Haga Ryunosuke and has
joined the fight for the bronze medal. At this stage, Elmar Gasimov has won the
representative of Kazakhstan Maxim Rakov and has won the bronze medal of
“Grand Slam”.And “Neftchi” Sports
Club’s other representative Elkhan Mammadov has lost and couldn’t be in the
list of the winners.So, participating in
the competition with total of two judokas, our national team has succeeded to
live the joy of medal in Japan.