Today, at the “Kur” Olympic Training and Sports Center in Mingachevir, the taekwondo competitions of the 3rd CIS Games kicked off.
On the first day, contests were held in 7 weight categories: 54 kg, 63 kg, 74 kg, and 87 kg for men, and 46 kg, 53 kg, and 62 kg for women.
Azerbaijani representatives reached the finals in five weight categories: Umid Rahimzade (54 kg), Ziya Hasanli (63 kg), Eljan Aliyev (74 kg) among men, and Humay Dadashova (46 kg) and Maryam Mammadova (53 kg) among women.
At the same time, six taekwondo athletes claimed bronze medals – Tamerlan Yagubov (54 kg), Allahverdi Mammadov and Zeynal Aliyev (both 87 kg) in the men’s competition, and Salima Guliyeva (46 kg), Nilufar Borji (53 kg), and Nargiz Kazimova (62 kg) in the women’s.
