Int’l Taekwondo tournament to open

An international Taekwondo tournament to qualify winners for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics is scheduled to open in Baku on February 21-22, 2004.

Jalal Safarov, Responsible Secretary of the Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation, told AssA-Irada that athletes from forty-five European countries would vie in the competition.

Safarov said fighters occupying first, second and third places would qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Azerbaijani sportsman Rashad Ahmadov won a bronze medal in an international Taekwondo tournament held in Paris from December 4 to 7.

Ahmadov, who was competing in the 80kg weight bracket, qualified for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.*