Alfonso Dominguez brings silver medal to Azerbaijan
Cuban Alfonso Dominguez, who competes for Azerbaijan, became a silver medallist of the Olympic Games among boxers in the 92 kg weight category.
In the final bout he lost to Uzbekistan's Lalizbek Mullajonov 0:5.
Dominguez won Azerbaijan’s fifth medal at the Olympics.
Earlier in Paris, judokas Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) and Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kg) became champions, taekwondist Gashim Magomedov (58 kg) won a silver medal and Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) won bronze.
Azerbaijan ranks 24th in the unofficial medal standings.
The USA is leading (33-39-39), followed by China (33-26-23) and Australia (18-16-14) rounds out the top 3.
Politics
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Istanbul University doctoral student and economist Fazil Gasymov is on hunger strike for 58th day, his relatives told Turan on 10 August after meeting with him at prison service treatment facility.
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