Azerbaijan won the second gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games held in France, APA reports.
Azerbaijani judoka Zelim Kotsoyev defeated Georgian athlete Ilya Sulamenizden in the final and became the Olympic champion.
Thus Azerbaijan won the second gold medal at the expense of the Olympic team.
Before that, judoka Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) won a gold medal.
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Azerbaijani judo representative Zelim Kotsoyev has advanced to the semi-final match at the ongoing Summer Olympic Games in the French capital, APA reports.
Kotsoyev's opponent in this stage was Uzbekistan's Muzaffarbek Turoboyev.
Kotsoyev defeated his opponent with a single waza-ari point, securing a place in the Olympic final.
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At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Azerbaijan's judo representative Zelim Kotsoyev has reached the quarter-final stage, APA reports.
The world champion and ranking leader, competing in the 100 kg weight category, faced Peter Palchik (Israel) in the quarter-final.
Kotsoyev, who won against his opponent, has secured a place in the semi-finals.
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13:22
At the Paris-2024 Olympic Games, our next judo representative stepped onto the tatami, APA reports.
Zelim Kotsoyev, the world champion and leader of the world ranking competing in the 100 kg category, faced Petr Kucera (Poland) in the 1/8 final stage.
Kotsoyev, who defeated his opponent, advanced to the 1/4 finals.
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