DUSHANBE, September 26, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- Internationally known Tajik athlete Rasoul Boqiyev has won gold medal in the World Judo Cup Men 2011, finishing first in the 73kg category, Sportline.ru reports.

The tournament took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from September 24 to September 25 and Rasoul defeated Kazakh judoka Rinat Ibragimov in the final.

In all, 259 athletes from 34 countries of the world participated in the tournament.

The next rounds of the World Judo Cup will take place in Birmingham, the United Kingdom and in Rome, Italy.

We will recall that Rasoul Boqiyev also won gold medal in the World Judo World Cup Men 2011 that was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 4 to June 5, 2011.

Rasoul Boqiyev plans to enter top eight judokas of the world in his weight category this year that will give him good chances at the upcoming London 2012 Olympics.