Azerbaijan wins second award in world sumo champ
Azerbaijani sportsmen won two bronze awards in the world sumo championship in Hong Kong.
In the senior contests in the weight category below 85 kg Namik
Sadikhov beat the Brazilian and then lost to Argentine opponent. In
the consolation fights he beat representatives of Finland, Hungary
and Holland. By taking the third place he won licenses for the
World Games (Cali, Colombia) and Fighting games (Saint Petersburg,
Russia) to be held in 2013.
Earlier in the fights among cadets Amiraslan Ahmadov (100 kg) after
the victory over representatives of Thailand and Ukraine lost in
the semifinal to the Japanese sportsman. But then he beat Brazilian
and took the third place thus repeating his success in the last
world championship in Poland.
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