Tatarstan judoka Karim Yagafarov took bronze of junior Grand Prix

Judoist Karim Yagafarov (weight category over 100 kg) won the bronze medal of the junior Grand Prix tournament named after Khoja Sharif, Tatar-inform reports.

A tournament was held in Tajikistan. Ella Kobernik, the coach of the republican sports school Batyr, said that the first two laps he fought perfectly, won two fights against athletes from Tajikistan and Georgia. In the meeting for reaching the semifinals, he lost to an athlete from Uzbekistan, in the small semifinal he defeated a judoka from Kyrgyzstan, in the bronze match he defeated an athlete from Georgia.

Competitions in this format were held for the first time. Karim fought confidently, he has a great desire to get to the world championship after this tournament. Three fights he won ahead of schedule, a little wrong in the semifinals. There will be more meetings ahead, time to work on mistakes, his coach said.