BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. The Judo Grand Prix has begun in Lima, Peru, with Azerbaijani athletes claiming one silver and three bronze medals on the opening day, Trend reports.
Kyonul Aliyeva (-48 kg) secured bronze by defeating Portugal's Catarina Costo on waza-ari points in the third-place match. Akhmed Yusifov (-48 kg) took silver after losing 0:1 in the final to Israel's Ishak Ashpis.
Bronze medals were also won by Ruslan Pashayev (-66 kg), who beat Brazil's Robert Lima, and Rashad Elkiyev (-66 kg), who overcame Ukraine's Nikita Goloborodko.
The Azerbaijani team finished the first day of the tournament with a total of four medals.
