European Youth Olympic Festival - Baku, Azerbaijan

CENTRACCHIO CONQUERS THE FINAL IN A TREMENDOUS FINISH

If we thought yesterday was exciting, we certainly weren’t prepared for the surprises today!  There is no certainty in judo and the result is dependent only on the two athletes on the tatami in that moment. Current Cadet European Champions have fallen, some to the unseeded athletes and that is…

25 July 2019

European Youth Olympic Festival - Baku, Azerbaijan

BAYRAMOV TAKE EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC TITLE ON HOME SOIL IN BAKU

The first day of the European Youth Olympic Festival demonstrated just how popular and engrained the sport of judo is in Azerbaijan. Before the tournament even began in the Heydar Aliyev Arena, the Azeri home crowd filtered in, alongside families and friends who have travelled from across the continent to…

24 July 2019

European Youth Olympic Festival - Baku, Azerbaijan

TALIBOV LEADS THE AZERI HOME TEAM IN EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL

Tomorrow on the 24th of July, the 15th European Youth Olympic Festival will welcome judoka from 40 National Olympic Committees to the tatami in the Heydar Aliyev Arena.  We will see many of the current Cadet European Champions who earned their titles less than a month ago in Warsaw attempting…

23 July 2019

European Youth Olympic Festival - Baku, Azerbaijan

BAKU IMPRESSES WITH OPENING CEREMONY OF EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL

22 July 2019