Four more Azerbaijani judokas to compete at Baku world championships today

Four more Azerbaijani judokas will begin their campaigns at the World Championships in Baku today, Report informs.

Sudaba Aghayeva (70 kg), Eljan Hajiyev, Murad Fatiyev and Suleyman Shukurov (all 90 kg) will take to the tatami on the fifth day of competition.

Aghayeva will face Spain's Ai Tsunoda Roustant in the round of 32.

Hajiyev will meet American judoka Alexander Knauf in the same round, while Shukurov will take on Norway's Kornelius Eilertsen.

Fatiyev will enter the competition in the round of 16, where he will face the winner of the bout between Belarus' Yehor Varapayeu and Greece's Theodoros Tselidis.

The qualification rounds will begin at 10:30 am local time (GMT+4), while the final block featuring the medal bouts is scheduled to start at 06:00 pm.

The world championships, being held at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, will conclude on October 11.

Earlier, Azerbaijani judokas Ahmed Yusifov (60 kg) won gold, Zelim Tchkaev (81 kg) took silver, while Rashid Mammadaliyev (73 kg) and Omar Rajabli (81 kg) claimed bronze medals.