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Azerbaijan judoka wins country's 1st Olympic gold in Beijing

8. March 2011

image It took only 13 seconds for the world's top-ranked judoka at 73 kilograms to win Azerbaijan's first gold medal of the Beijing Games, on Day 3 of Olympic competition.

Elnur Mammadli, 19, defeated South Korea's Wang Ki-chun, also age 19, with an ippon, a throw that ends a match instantly.

The Olympic final was a rematch of the 2007 world championships, which saw Ki-chun win gold, while Mammadli settled for silver.

source:http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/judo/story/2008/08/11/olympics-judo-57and73kg.html

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