The U20 World Wrestling Championship held in Pontevedra, Spain continues.
Freestyle wrestlers joined the fight on the 5th day of the competition, Idman.biz reports.
Azerbaijan’s 5 members appeared on the mat.
U20 World Championship
Freestyle Wrestling
Qualifying Round
57 kg
Bashir Verdiyev lost 3:14 to Caio Duarte (Brazil) in his first match.
65 kg
Aykhan Abdullazade defeated Daniel Marian Sandu (Romania) in his first match with a score of 12:2. He then defeated his Armenian opponent Arman Musikyan with a score of 12:8. Aykhan could not continue his successful performance in the quarterfinals. He lost 6:9 to Iranian Ali Mahmoud. Since the Iranian wrestler reached the finals, Abdullazade will wrestle in the consolation match for the bronze medal.
70 kg
Ramik Heybatov lost 2:3 to Ukrainian Bohdan Oliinyk in his first match.
79 kg
Emin Gojayev first beat Adilet Nubekovich Akylbekov (Kyrgyzstan) with a score of 15:8. The Azerbaijani wrestler lost 1:3 to Dzmitry Lukashuk (INA) in the 1/8 finals.
1/8 finals
97 kg
Khetag Karsanov did not give any chance to his opponent Aitenir Maksatov (Kyrgyzstan) in the first match (11:0). After that, Khetag defeated Rifat Eren (Turkiye) 2:1 in a tense fight and advanced to the semifinals. His next opponent was Slovakian Adam Jaksik. The Azerbaijani athlete won with a score of 5:0 and became a finalist.
The Azerbaijani national team won one silver and two bronze medals at the World Championship. Joju Samadov (87 kg) won a silver medal, Ruslan Nurullayev (72 kg) won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman wrestlers' fight. Nargiz Samadova (55 kg) finished the race in third place. The World Championship will end on September 8.
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