From November 4 to 6, the Big Slam tournament in judo will be held in Baku. In a prestigious competition in which more than 400 athletes from 64 countries are expected to participate, Azerbaijan will be presented by 28 judokas and 9 judokas.
“Among the men we have a lot of competition. On the rights of the hosts we have the opportunity to declare four judo -weights in each weight, – said the Secretary General of the Judo Federation of Azerbaijan Rashalla at today’s presentation of the new website ACF. – As the composition was selected for” Big the helmet “? someone chose the coaching staff, and someone successfully performed in a special qualifying tournament. There is no such competition in the women’s team, so we have only 9 people”.
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Further, the Secretary General was asked about whether the upcoming tournament is the opportunity to rehabilitate for the unsuccessful performance of the Azerbaijan national team at the September World Cup in Tashkent and at the Big Slam tournament in Abu Dabi last week? “. >
“Firstly, I do not think our tear -off at these competitions is unsuccessful, – Rasulla retorted.” Perhaps weak, but not unsuccessful. Let’s use more accurate formulations.
Wouldn’t it be difficult for participants in the competition in Tashkent and Abu Dhabi to perform in Baku? I believe that performing in my native walls, on the contrary, is easy. And the guys will try to perform as successfully as possible. Let’s not forget that licensed glasses will be played in Baku to get to the Olympics.
We have experienced judokas, winners of the World Cup and Olympiad in our team. By the time of the start of the “Big Slam” in Baku, almost a month from the date of the beginning of the World Cup in Tashkent will take place. This time is enough to recover. In addition, the participation of our leading judokas in the Baku “large helmet” was planned in advance. We are making plans at the beginning of the year. Yes, there may be changes due to injuries. But, fortunately, there are no injuries, judokas are ready. Why don’t you speak in this case? “.
ACF representative, answering the question of the weak representative office of Azerbaijan in the International Judo Federation, recalled:
“President of our Federation Rashad Nabiev heads the commission on new technologies and high performance IJF. Ex-head of ACF Rovnag Abdullaev also holds a position there. At the same time, we are working to ensure that our representative office in the IJF committees expands”.
The Secretary General also said that next year the Azerbaijani team will move to the former Neftech base on Azadlyg Avenue.
“Work is underway there. In the summer, the main and other teams can move there. There will be a training room with two tatami, a hotel for teams, a gym, etc.,” said Rashad Rasullah.