The first day of the prestigious competition was successful for the Azerbaijani national team, Offsideplus.az reports.

Azerbaijani judokas won three gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the European Championship. Khayal Hasanov (50 kg), Islam Rahimov and Aydan Valiyeva became European champions, beating all their rivals. Aydin Rzayev (60 kg) lost only in the final and won a silver medal.

Two more Azerbaijani judokas, Babarahim Mirzayev (50 kg) and Zahir Agazade (60 kg) won bronze medals. It should be noted that our judoka Islam Rahimov defeated Samvel Mkhitaryan, an athlete of Armenian origin, representing Russia in the final, waved our tricolor flag and sang our national anthem in Riga. Athletes from 37 countries of the continent compete in the prestigious competition. Our national team is represented at the European Championship by 14 junior judokas (10 boys, 4 girls).