The “Grand
Slam” tournament on judo has been finished, given the start in Paris, the
capital of France, on 6 February. 583 athletes from 93 countries have
participated and 370 men and 213 women judokas have competed in this
competition.Azerbaijan national team
has participated with a staff of 11 people in this prestigious tournament.
Peter Seisenbacher’s successors have won a silver medal in the “Grand
Slam” tournament.The graduate of
“Neftchi” Sports Club Ilgar Mushkiyev has brought the only medal to our
country. Competing in the 60 kg weight category the judoka has reached to the
final without obstacles. In this
way he has won over the Kyrgyz Argen Bakytbek, the Peruvian Juan Postigo, the
owner of tatami Vincent Limare, the representative of Korea Won Jin Kim and the
Uzbekistan athlete Sharafuddin Lutfillayev. But in the final Ilgar Mushkiyev
has lost to his strong opponent of Japan Toru Shishime and he has been awarded
the silver medal of The “Grand Slam” tournament.Other judokas of the
club Elmar Gasimov and Elkhan Mammadov (both 100 kg) have completed the
tournament in the 5thand in the 7thplace respectively.