Azerbaijani judoka Kanan Nasibov (+100 kg) made history by winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships held in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan.
Oku.Az reports that no heaviest weight judoka has ever won a similar competition.
Ajdar Bagirov (100 kg) won a bronze medal seven years after Olympic champion Zelim Kotsoyev.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijan youth team finished the world championship with three medals. Kanan Nasibov (+100 kg) won silver, Suleyman Shukurov (81 kg) and Ajdar Bagirov (100 kg) won bronze. Using this indicator, Azerbaijan ranked fourth among 67 countries in the men’s ranking.
Also, among our representatives, Nizami Imranov (60 kg) and Aydan Valiyeva (52 kg) took fifth place, and Fidan Alizade (57 kg), Mahammad Musayev (66 kg) and Aslan Kotsoyev (90 kg) took seventh place. .
