Azeri fighters win 3 medals in Taekwondo Championship

11 Fevral 2013 12:25 (UTC+04:00)

Azerbaijani fighters have snatched 3 medals in ETU "A" Class championship of the Trelleborg Open 2013 Swedish Taekwondo Championship.

In the women`s event, Azerbaijan`s Narmina Mammadova weighing in at 44 kg won gold after defeating a Cypriot opponent in the final bout. She beat Linna Lottaya of Finland 9-5 and Patricia Striner of Sweden 4-1 on the way to final.

Tagi Tagizadeh weighing in at 45 kg and Mahammad Mammadov at 55 kg won bronze medals for Azerbaijan in the men`s event.

Zumrud Malikova (49 kg), Samir Novruzov (51 kg), Yusif Huseynly (49 kg)m Mirkhanim Agayeva (44 kg) and Tarana Mammadova (46 kg) were eliminated in the qualifying round, while Aynur Mammadova (49 kg), Babak Ajdarly (48 kg), Ali Akhundov (59 kg) and Mammadnabi Algayev (55 kg) dropped out in the qualifying round.