Azerbaijani taekwondo fighters win three gold medals on Day 1 of CIS Games

Azerbaijani taekwondo fighters won three gold medals on Day 1 of the 3rd CIS Games.

In the finals held at the “Kur” Olympic Training and Sports Center in Mingachevir, Azerbaijan’s female athletes Humay Dadashova (46kg) and Maryam Mammadova (53kg) claimed the top spot on the podium. Another gold medal was clinched by Ziya Hasarli in the men’s 63kg weight class.

Umid Rahimzade (54kg) and Eljan Aliyev (74kg) captured silver medals, while Tamerlan Yagubov (54kg), Allahverdi Mammadov and Zeynal Aliyev (both 87kg), Salima Guliyeva (46kg), Nilufar Borji (53kg), and Nargiz Kazimova (62kg) earned bronze medals.