Elchin Ismaylov captures gold at European Championships

AP Worldstream
May 20, 2005

Elchin Ismaylov of Azerbaijan beat Miklos Ungvari of Hungary to
win the gold medal Friday in the men’s 66-kilogram category at the
European Judo Championships.

Ismaylov, last year’s runner-up, beat the Hungarian with an ippon
with 2 minutes, 55 seconds remaining.

France’s Benjamin Darbelet and Aliaksandr Shlyk of Belarus both
survived in the repechage for the bronze medal.

Also, Armen Nazaryan of Armenia routed defending champion Ludwig
Paischer of Austria to take the 60kg gold with an ippon with 3:08 left.

In the women’s competition, Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania won
her second consecutive European gold medal under 48kg. Ilse Heijlen
of Belgium won the gold at 52kg and Olga Sonina of Russia took the
title at 57kg.