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Last day of Paralympics gives heavyweight gold to Azerbaijan and Iran

Last day of Paralympics gives heavyweight gold to Azerbaijan and Iran

29 Aug 2021 21:00
IBSA Sport
Rafal Burza - IBSA Sport

Following on from Nouri’s gold, teammate Mohammed Kheriollahzadeh went on to get Paralympic gold in the men’s over 100kg to double up for Iran. Georgia’s Revaz Chikoidze was the silver medallist.

Azerbaijan’s 2004 and 2008 Paralympic champion Ilham Zakiyev got his fourth Paralympic medal after opponent Shirin Sharipov of Uzbekistan pulled out of the bronze medal match.

South Korea’s London 2012 and Rio 2016 champion Gwan Geun Choi recovered from missing out on a shot on defending his title by securing the other bronze.

In the Women’s up to 70kg Azerbaijan’s Dursadaf Karimova triumphed in the women’s up to 70kg after executing an impressive Ippon-seoi-nage on Kazakhstan’s Zarina Baibatina.

Costa picked herself up and returned to claim the bronze with an ippon against Mongolia’s Altantsetseg Nyamaa.

Having been part of a group of judoka that came to the Brazilian judo team since Rio 2016, Meg Emmerich secured bronze to add to her 2018 World Championships medal of the same colour.

The Nippon Budokan saw three thrilling days of action at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as judoka lined-up in 13 men’s and women’s individual medal events.

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