The
national team has won the first medal of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio.Judoka of
“Neftchi Sports Club” Rustam Orujov has won a silver medal. The athlete (73 kg)
has won the representative of Kazakhstan Didar Hamza in the 1/16 final. In the
1/8 final he has won over the Australian judoka Jake Bensted by ippon. At the
next stage, he has won the silver medalist of the London 2012 Summer Olympic
Games Miklos Ungvari. And in the semi-final he has defeated Israeli Sagi Muki andhas guaranteed an Olympic silver medal after reaching the final in Rio. In
the decisive match, the judoka has lost to Japanese Shohei Ono and won silver
of the Summer Olympic Games.Note that,
this year Rustam Orujov has won a silver medal at the European Championship, in
Kazan. He has owned a bronze medal of the World Cup and a silver medal of the
European Championship in 2011. The athlete has represented our country in the
in 2012 London Olympics. That same year, he has become the first in the Baku
Gran-Prix tournament, the second in the Samsun Grand-Prix tournament and again
the first in the Tbilisi Grand-Prix tournament. Orujov has taken a bronze medal
in the “Grand Slam” international tournament and a silver medal in the Germany
Grand-Prix tournament.It should
be noted that, judoka of “Neftchi Sports Club” Orkhan Safarov (60 kg) has taken
the 5thplace in the Rio Olympics. And Nijat Shikalizada has also
completed the Olympics without a medal.