APA reports that leader of Azerbaijani team, karate fighter Rafael Aghayev has today joined the kumite karate event in the weight category up to 75 kg. He competed against Ukrainian Ilya Nikulin and defeated him with the score of 3:0. In the second tour, he was defeated by Erman Eltemura (Turkey) – 3:5. However, his final fight was against Latvian Ruslan Sadigov and Aghayev defeated Sadigov with the score of 3:1.
In the semifinal, Rafael competed against German Noah Bitch and the competition ended with the victory of Aghayev – 1:0. He competed for gold medal with Italian Luigi Busa and defeated him – 1:0.