RIYADH: Azerbaijan’s national judo team has taken the mixed teams gold medal at 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, defeating Uzbekistan in the final.
Kyrgyzstan and Turkiye shared the bronze medals to close out the judo competitions.
Turkiye topped the overall judo standings with six gold and two bronze medals, followed by Uzbekistan with three gold, four silver and four bronze, and Azerbaijan with three gold, two silver and five bronze. Kazakhstan came next with one gold, three silvers and three bronzes, trailed by the UAE (one gold, four bronze), Egypt (one gold, two bronze), and Tajikistan (two silver, two bronze).
Kyrgyzstan ranked eighth (two silver, one bronze), followed by Bahrain (one silver, two bronze), Cameroon (one silver), Tunisia (three bronze), and finally Morocco and IR Iran with one bronze each.
The judo competitions were held at Prince Faisal bin Fahad Sports City from Nov. 8-10 and featured 235 athletes – 140 men and 95 women – competing across multiple weight categories.
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