Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games continue.
Idman.biz reports that the fight in the last two weights of Greco-Roman wrestling has started today.
Two "classics" of the Azerbaijan national team appeared on the carpet. Hasrat Jafarov and Rafig Huseynov are fighting for a place in the medal matches.
Men's Greco-Roman
67 kg
Hasrat Jafarov started the Olympics from the 1/8 Elimination Round. Mohamed El-Sayed (Egypt), the silver and bronze medalist of the world championships, regretted going to the mat. Jafarov won with full advantage (9:0) and advanced to the quarterfinals. In his second match, he faced Moldovan Valentin Petic and defeated him 3:1. On the way to the final, the Azerbaijani wrestler faced Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine). Although the match ended with a score of 3:3, the opponent qualified according to the last technical points. Jafarov will continue the fight for the bronze medal.
87 kg
Rafig Huseynov will also start the competition from the 1/8 Elimination Round. He will face the bronze medalist of Tokyo 2020 David Losonczi (Hungary). The match ended with a 5:2 victory of the opponent.
Azerbaijan's Greco-Roman wrestling team went to Paris with 5 athletes. Murad Mammadov (60 kg) and Sabah Shariati (130 kg) finished their journey without a medal, while Sanan Suleymanov (77 kg) will compete for bronze.
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