BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. The volleyball competition kicked off at the III CIS Games, which were hosted by Azerbaijan for the first time, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani women's team also took part in their first test matches, which were held at the Ganja Sports Palace.
The team, competing in Group A, faced the Tajikistan national team. The match ended with a 3-0 victory for the national team.
The national team will play its next match on October 3 against the Uzbekistan national team.
20:20
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. The sambo competitions at the 3rd CIS Games, held for the first time in Azerbaijan, have come to an end, Trend reports.
The competitions took place at the Goygol Olympic Sports Complex.
Eight of our athletes climbed onto the podium.
Among the representatives of Azerbaijan, gold medals were won by Abdullatif Musayev (53 kg) and Nihad Rahimov (64 kg), silver medals by Abubakir Huseynov (98 kg) and Rasul Samedli (+98 kg), Rustam Gasimzade (58 kg), and bronze medals went to Sadig Nadirov (79 kg), Mikayil Amirov (71 kg), and Khazar Amrakhli (88 kg).
The 3rd CIS Games, in which 1,624 athletes from 13 countries took part, will end on October 8.
19:23
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. Boxing competitions have begun at the 3rd CIS Games, hosted by Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
Three athletes from our national team started the tournament, held at the Yevlakh Olympic Sports Complex, with victories.
In the quarterfinals, our boxer Aysel Farajova (46 kg) faced Alexandra Kutsikova (Belarus). She defeated her opponent with a score of 5:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27, 30:26, 30:26) . Farajova secured at least a bronze medal by advancing to the semifinals. The athlete will fight her next bout on October 2 against Rukhshonabonu Akhadova (Uzbekistan).
Jamila Muradli (54 kg) also advanced to the semifinals. Our boxer won the first round with a clear advantage over Nigora Yusupova (Tajikistan). Muradli, who has secured at least a bronze medal, will face Adelaida Sadvakasova (Kazakhstan) on her way to the final. The fight will take place on October 2.
In the 63 kg category, Khagverdi Hasanov defeated Bagdan Shashlikov (Belarus) in the quarterfinals. He defeated his opponent with a score of 3:2 (28:29, 29:28, 30:27, 28:29, 30:27). Our boxer, who has already secured at least a bronze medal by reaching the semifinals, will face David Karababaev (Russia) in this stage of the competition. The match will take place on October 3.
The boxing competition at the CIS Games will end on October 5.
18:23
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. Two more Azerbaijani sambo wrestlers won medals at the 3rd CIS Games, Trend reports.
In the final of the competition, held at the Goygol Olympic Sports Complex, our representative Nihad Rahimov (64 kg) faced Russian Artem Kharisov in the decisive bout and defeated him, winning the gold medal.
Another of our representatives, Rustam Gasimzade (58 kg), lost to the Russian athlete in the final and won the silver medal.
Earlier, Abdullatif Musayev (53 kg) faced Gamzat Maksetbayev from Uzbekistan. The match ended in victory for our athlete. The 3rd CIS Games, in which 1,624 athletes from 13 countries took part, will end on October 8.
18:01
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. Two more Azerbaijani taekwondo athletes won gold medals at the 3rd CIS Games, Trend reports.
In the finals of the competition, held at the Kur Olympic Training and Sports Center in Mingachevir, Azerbaijani taekwondo athletes Humay Dadashova (46 kg) and Maryam Mammadova (53 kg) climbed to the top step of the podium. They defeated Uzbekistan's Valeria Khegay and Russia's Aziza Huseynova with a score of 2:1, respectively.
Umid Ragimzade (54 kg) and Eljan Aliyev (74 kg), who lost in the final, took second place. Tamerlan Yagubov (54 kg), Allahverdi Mammadov and Zeynal Aliyev (both 87 kg), Salima Guliyeva (46 kg), Nilufar Borji (53 kg), and Nargiz Kazimova (62 kg), who stopped fighting in the semifinals.
Thus, on the first day of the competition, Azerbaijani taekwondo athletes won 3 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze medals. Earlier, Ziya Hasanli (63 kg) won a gold medal.
17:41
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. Azerbaijan won its first gold medal in the sambo final at the 3rd Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Games, which are being held in this country for the first time, Trend reports.
The finals, held at the Goygol Olympic Sports Complex, saw Azerbaijani athlete Abdullatif Musayev (53 kilograms) face off against Uzbekistan’s Gamzat Maksetbayev. Musayev emerged victorious, securing Azerbaijan’s inaugural gold medal at the Games.
Meanwhile, four more Azerbaijani sambo athletes will compete in finals later today.
The 3rd CIS Games feature participants from 13 countries, with a total of 1,624 athletes competing, and the event is scheduled to conclude on October 8.
