Started in Havana, capital of Cuba on 22 January Judo Grand Prix
\ncompetitions have been finished.Azerbaijan national team has been represented by following judokas in
\nthe tournament under the guidance of head coach Peter Seisenbacher. Ilgar
\nMushkiyev, Orkhan Safarov, Tarlan Karimov, Rustam Orujov, Abdulhag Rasullu, Rustam
\nAlimli, Ramin Gurbanov, Shahin Qahramanov, Elmar Gasimov, Elkhan Mammadov and
\nUshangi Kokauri. Our athletes have won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals demonstrating
\ngreat determination and professionalism in the race.The leader judoist of the world ranking Rustam
\nOrujov (73 kg) has joined the race in the second stage. Our judoka before has
\nwon the representative of Montenegro Nikola Gusic, and then has won Italian
\nEnrico Parlati on the way to the final. Then Orujov has won over Ghana athlete
\nEmmanuel Nartey. And in the semi-final Orujov has qualified for the final by
\nbeating Mongolian judoka Odbayar Ganbaatar. In the decisive match our athlete
\nhas won Victor Svortov with waza-ari move and he has won the gold medal of the Havana
\nGrand Prix.In the weight of 60 kg Orkhan Safarov has also joined the fight in the
\nsecond round. At first he has won the Austrian LudwigPaischer, the next he has won the Mongolian
\nrepresentative Tsogtbaatar TsendOchir and in the quarter final he has
\nwon AshleyMcKenzie
\nand has reached the semifinal. At this
\nstage, Safarov has lost to the Brazilian judoka Eric Takabatake and has come
\nface to face with the representative of Uzbekistan Sharafuddin
\nLutfillayev. In the tense match our judoka has defeat his opponent and he has
\nbeen awarded the bronze medal.The next medal has been won by Elkhan Mammadov for our country. In the
\nlast day of the Grand Prix competition, our representative has won the local
\nathlete Yordani Fernandez\u00a0Sastre
\nfor the first meeting on tatami. Then he has defeated the Croatian Zlatko
\nKumric. In the quarter-final our judoka has lost to the German Karl Richard Frey and has joined the consolatory matches.
\nElkhan has come to face to face with the German athlete again in the first
\nmatch of this stage. Mammadov has won the German Dimitri Peters this time. And
\nin the next meeting our judoist has won the representative of the United Arab
\nEmirates \u0130van Remarenco with ippon and has won the bronze medal of the Cuban
\nGrand Prix.So, Azerbaijan national judo team has completed the Havana Gran Prix
\nwith 3 medals. Rustam Orujov (73 kg) has won the gold medal and Orkhan Safarov
\n(60 kg) and Elkhan Mammadov (100 kg) have won the bronze medals.Note that, all three medalis judokas are the graduates of “Neftchi\u201d
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