National team claims five medals at tournament in Moscow
Laman Ismayilova
Read moreAn international karate competition titled "Moscow Karate Universe-2024" has been held in Moscow, Russia, Azernews reports. The Azerbaijani national team claimed five medals at the tournament.
In the individual kumite events, Fidan Teymurova (-50 kg), Madina Sadiqova (-55 kg), Aminagha Quliyev (-60 kg), and Huseyn Mammadli (-67 kg) won bronze medals, while Roman Heydarov secured a silver medal in kata.
The karate fighters traveled to the international competition under the leadership of the Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Karate Federation Rahman Hatamov and , the head coach of the adult national team Shahin Atamov.
Around 350 karate athletes from 15 countries, including Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Tunisia and many others competed in the international event.
Founded in 1994, the Federation is a full member of the World Karate Federation (WKF) and European Karate Federation (EKF).
Over the past few years, Azerbaijan's karate fighters have been the winners of the prestigious international tournaments, European and World Championships.
The list of strong national karate fighters include a five-time World Champion Rafael Aghayev, Europe Champions Abdulkarimov Parviz, Aghasiyev Jeyhun, Madadov Rustam, Ildirimzade Fayyaz, Aliyev Niyazi and Asiman Gurbanlı, bronze medalist of European Championship Ilaha Gasımova, Atayev Amal, Jafarov Yusif, Atamov Shahin, Huseynov Rashad and others.
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