The
Junior European Championship started on the 15thSeptember in
Maribor, Slovenia. Our national team is represented by 16 judokas (10 boys, 6
girls) at the tournament where 402 athletes from 41 countries (222 boys, 180
girls) participated.On the first day
of the race, two judo fighters of the “Neftchi Sports Club” were awarded. The gold medals came from the judoka of our club Hidayat
Heydarov (73 kg). Nazaket Azizova, won the bronze medal in the in the women`s
48 kg division.