Azerbaijani judoka advances to 1/8 finals at Baku 2015

Azerbaijani female judoka Khanim Huseynova, competing in women’s -63 kg elimination round has advanced to the 1/8 finals at the First European Games in Baku June 26.

In the 1/16 finals, Huseynova defeated Macedonia’s Katerina Nikoloska. In the 1/8 finals, Azerbaijani judoka will face France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou.

The European Games that kicked off June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.

More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.

/By Trend/