Azerbaijani paralympic judoka grabs gold medal at Baku 2015
Azerbaijani judoka, two-time Paralympic champion Ilham Zakiyev, competing in the men’s +90 kg blind judo at the Baku 2015 European Games, defeated Ukrainian judoka Oleksadr Pominov in the event’s finals.
Russia’s Aleksadr Parasiuk and Azerbaijan’s Zakir Mislimov shared the event’s bronze medals.
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.
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