Azerbaijan's Radik Isaev has said that he will "keep training hard" to make the Rio Olympics after winning gold at the European Games in Baku.
The 25-year-old won gold in the final event of the taekwondo programme, the men's +80kg competition, beating Vladislav Larin of Russia in the final.
Isaev told reporters: "Now I have 40 qualification points for the Rio Olympics so this is a kind of a trampoline for me for the Olympics. I will keep training hard and getting ready for those games.
"I've never competed in such a big competition as this. After this I am going back home to my wife and children and my mother. But I am going to keep my feet on the ground. Sometimes I am a bit of a joker but today I kept a cool head."
Isaev's gold was the host nation's 13th of the Games, leaving them second in the table.
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Sian Cowper
Sian Cowper
