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Azerbaijani veteran judoka becomes world champion
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- 19 November, 2016
- 06:45
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Baku. 19 November. REPORT.AZ/ Azerbaijani veteran judoka Farhad Rajabli won gold medal in the world championship in Florida, US.
Report informs F. Rajabli started competition from 1/4 final stage.
He first won Czech Jaroslav Banszel in 2 minutes, 20 seconds by ippon. Jukka Laitinen from Finland
was defeated in the semifinal because of penalty points. In the decisive match Rajabli beat Russian Vladimir Markelov in 2 minutes 33 seconds by ippon, and become world champion.
Notably, another representative of Azerbaijan Arif Gasimov, 100 kg in 5th place.
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