The “Grand
Slam” Tournament was ended, held in Tyumen, Russia. 124 athletes from 25
countries competed in the tournament and the Azerbaijani national team was
represented by 10 judokas.The national team
won 2 medals in the “Grand Slam” and both of them was achieved by the judokas
of “Neftchi Sports Club”. Ilgar Mushkiyev (60 kg) won over the Uzbek Doniyor
Sultanbey in the first meeting, but he lost to the representative of Russia
Albert Oguzov in the semi-final and joined the fight for bronze medal. He won the
native-born athlete Sayan Kertek in this match and was awarded the bronze medal
of the “Grand Slam”.Another
representative of the club Davud Mammadsoy (60 kg) achieved the same success.
He lost to the Russian athlete Albert Oguzov in the first match. In the
consolatory match the athlete won over the Uzbek judoka Doniyor Sultanbey and
in the fight for bronze medal he won Dmitry Kulikov and finished the tournament
in 3rd place.