Opponents of Azerbaijani judokas at the upcoming Olympics revealed

The opponents that will go up against Azerbaijani judokas at the upcoming London 2012 Olympics have been revealed.

According to Azerisport, Ilgar Mushkiyev (60kg) will start on 28th of July against the winner of the Tobias Engelmaer (Germany)-Ovanes Davtyan (Armenia) match.

Tarlan Karimov (66 kg) will later meet with Russian Musa Mogushkov, and Rustam Orujev (73 kg) will go head to head with Gideon Van Zijl from South Africa.

Azerbaijan Olympic champion Elnur Mammadli (81kg) is set to meet with Canadian Antoine Valu-Fortier on 31st of July, while Elkhan Mammadov (90kg) will try to overpower Christof Lambert of Germany.

Heavyweights Elmar Gasymov (100kg) will be facing Maxim Rakov from Kazakhstan on August 2.

In the first round of women's tournament, Kifayet Gasymova will meet with the winner of Kaori Matsumoto (Japan)-Vesna Jukic (Slovenia) match on March 29.

Ramila Yusubova (63kg) will face Gulnar Haytbayeva from Turkmenistan on 30th of July.

/Day.Az/