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Azerbaijan Taekwondo Team is the World Champion

By Mushvig Mehdiyev December 14, 2016

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Gold medalist Azerbaijan's Radik Isaev attends the awarding ceremony for the men's +80kg final of Taekwondo at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 20, 2016 / Wang Yuguo / Xinhua

The male taekwondo team from Azerbaijan claimed the top title in the world championship in Baku, December 13th, beating the Turkish team in final.

Magomed Magomedov, Aykhan Tagizade, Radik Isayev, Milad Beigi Harchegani and Sina Bahrami lead the team to gold medals, as they outshine their rivals.

Radik Isayev is the gold medalist of Rio 2016 Olympic Games, winning one of the two total taekwondo Olympic medals together with Milad Beigi, who claimed bronze in Rio.