"Throughout Azerbaijan's history, there have been and continue to be extremely talented wrestlers. Olympic, world, and European champions are among us."
Azerbaijan national wrestler Haji Aliyev (61 kg) told this to Idman.biz.
The three-time world champion expressed his opinion on receiving the nickname "Crown of Azerbaijani wrestling" according to the survey conducted by the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation. According to him, it was achieved at the cost of all these years of hard work: "Probably, this nickname was given to me today for no reason. Because I have been wrestling since 2007 and have won medals every year. I wrote history in the country's sports and became a 3-time world and 4-time European champion. I also won two Olympic medals. This is years of hard work. I have achieved these results by being patient and persevering. To achieve these results in wrestling, the athlete must suffer for many years. Of course, this is also a difficult and difficult path. I thank everyone for this nickname. You can be the crown of wrestling, the main thing is that you act worthy of it. I am very happy as a wrestler who made history in our country."
Aliyev highly appreciated the performance of the Azerbaijani national team at the Zagreb Open, the first competition of the year in Croatia: "The main goal is the European championship and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to be held in Baku. May the victory be with us."
Banuchichek Huseynli
Idman.biz
