Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 11 / Trend , F.Huseynli/
Yerevan is hosting the European junior judoka championship. On the first day of the championship, three Azerbaijani judokas have qualified for the semi-final.
A total of five Azerbaijani judoka are representing the country in the championship.
Azerbaijani Judoka, Ilgar Mushkiyev (55kg) joined the tournament from the second stage. He won Victor Garsia (Spain) without any difficulty and qualified for a quarter final, where he triumphed over French Maxim Dufo. He will meet with the Romanian Judoka, Kosmin Lazarean at the semi-final.
Another Azerbaijani Judoka, Rasim Asadullayev (60kg) joined the contest from the second stage. First, he gained victory over the Ukrainian Artem Kharchenko and in the quarter final, he won Andreas Krassas (Cyprus). Thus, Asadullayev is close to wave the Azerbaijani flag and sound the Azerbaijani National Anthem in Yerevan. For this, he, first, must win Floren Urani in the semi-final.
Fagan Eminoglu (66 kg) also succeeded in his debut. He triumphed over the Estonian Roopsin, Chedrik Besi (Montenegro) and Zlost Horjanast (Hungary) and qualified for the semi-final, where he will meet with Ukrainian Artem Buligo.
Other members of the Azerbaijani squad, Ramin Gurbanov (81kg) and Elmar Gasimov (100kg) will join the contest during next days of the championship.
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