The Azerbaijani taekwondo fighter Radik Isayev, acting in the weight category over 80 kg, won the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In the final match he defeated Razak Issoufou from Niger with a score of 6: 2 and brought the first gold medal to the Azerbaijani national team.
A 27-year-old native of Dagestan, Isaev has been performing in favor of Azerbaijan since the end of 2012. In 2014 he became the champion of Europe, and in 2015 he won the world championship and the first European Games in Baku.
Isayev's victory allowed Azerbaijan to rise in the unofficial team standings to the 39th place. Totally Azerbaijan has 15 awards, including one gold medal, 4 silver medals and 10 bronze medals.
In addition, at least a silver medal will be provided by the boxer Sotomayor, who will meet in the final match with an athlete from Uzbekistan on Sunday. -06D--
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Weather will be changeable in Baku on July 27. It will rain in places on Absheron. Wind is north-western, gusty. Air temperature during the day will be +28+32. Daytime humidity is 70-75%.
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People's Artist Agadadash Agayev has been charged with hooliganism with the use of weapons, Article 221.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. A similar charge was brought against the guard of the clinic where the incident occurred.
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The military prosecutor's office has arrested Samir Haziyev, the commander of one of the military units stationed in Nakhchivan. Colonel Haziyev is charged under Article 341.2.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, the press service of the Military Prosecutor's Office. By the decision of the Baku Military Court, he was arrested. The investigation is ongoing.
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The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population has provided Dursun Gasimova, the mother of national hero-martyr Natig Gasimov, with a two-room apartment in the MIDA residential complex in Ganja. The apartment, which comes with complete renovations, is part of a state program aimed at supporting families of martyrs and people with war-related disabilities.
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