Azerbaijani karateka Rafael Aghayev wins 1st silver medal of national team at Tokyo Olympics -UPDATED

  06 August 2021    Read: 2776
 Azerbaijani karateka Rafael Aghayev wins 1st silver medal of national team at Tokyo Olympics -UPDATED

Famous karateka Rafael Aghayev won the silver medal of Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, AzVision.az reports on Aug. 6.

In the finals Aghayev lost to Luigi Busa (Italy) – 0-1.

As earlier reported, in the semifinals Aghayev defeated Gabor Harspataki (Hungary) – 7-0.

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Famous Azerbaijani karateka Rafael Aghayev reached semifinals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, AzVision.az reports on Aug. 6.

In the third bout Aghayev defeated Nurkanat Azhikanov (Kazakhstan) - 3-2.

Winning three straight matches, Aghayev will be facing Luigi Busa from Italy next.

Earlier, Aghayev defeated Tsuneari Yahiro (Australia) with a 5-0 score.


In the opening bout he defeated Noah Bitsch (Germany) with a 2-1 score.


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