Azerbaijani judoka victorious at EYOF Baku 2019

Azerbaijani judoka Turan Bayramov won a gold medal in the weight category up to 60 kilograms as part of the XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF Baku 2019), Trend reports on July 24.

In the final match, Bayramov defeated Rizvan Magomedov, who represented Russia. In the quater-finals, Bayramov defeated Mikis Tontimidis (Greece) and then overpowered Adam Safer (Austria) in the semi-finals.

The XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival is being held in Baku on July 21-27. The festival will be attended by more than 3,900 athletes from 48 European countries. Athletes will compete in ten kinds of sports - gymnastics, athletics, basketball, cycling, handball, judo, swimming, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. In total, athletes will compete for 135 sets of medals.