World Judo Championships in Baku: silver for Ushangi Kokauri, bronze for Kanan Nasibov — Azerbaijan reaches seven medals

The individual events of the World Judo Championships at Baku's National Gymnastics Arena ended on 10 October. On the final day two Azerbaijani heavyweights (+100 kg) won medals. Ushangi Kokauri beat his teammate Kanan Nasibov in the quarter-final to reach the final, where he lost to Russia's Inal Tasoev and took silver.

Kanan Nasibov came through the repechage to win bronze. The hosts finished the individual events with seven medals: gold for Ahmad Yusifov (-60 kg), silver for Zelim Tckaev (-81 kg) and Ushangi Kokauri (+100 kg), and bronze for Rashid Mammadaliyev (-73 kg), Omar Rajabli (-81 kg), Murad Fatiyev (-90 kg) and Kanan Nasibov (+100 kg). Azerbaijan is third in the medal table behind Japan and Georgia.

Kazakhstan's Sherzod Davlatov is the other medallist from the Turkic world: on the opening day he took silver at -60 kg after losing the final to Ahmad Yusifov. The championships close on 11 October with the mixed team event.