U-23 World Wrestling Championship continues in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
On the sixth day of the competition, freestyle wrestlers took to the mat, Idman.biz reports.
They test their strength for the last 5 sets of medals. Azerbaijan is represented in all weights.
57 kg
Vasif Bagirov faced Armenian Manvel Khndzrtsyan in the first round and the opponent won with a score of 12:2.
65 kg
Rashid Babazade defeated Alibek Alibekov (Bahrain) with a score of 5:0 in his first match. He was also stronger than Hamzat Arsamerjoyev (France) - 2:1. Babazade will wrestle Umidjon Jalolov from Uzbekistan in the 1/4 finals.
70 kg
Magomed Khaniyev defeated Muhammad Abdurakhmanov (Belgium) at the start with a score of 7:0. He then gave Elih Samuel Rivera (Puerto Rica) no chance - 10:0. Khanyev will face Tajik Mustafo Akhmedov in the 1/4 finals.
79 kg
Ali Tskayev beat Aryan Dana (Albania) 11:0 in the qualifying round, but then lost to Ivan Garashuk (Ukraine) - 4:4.
97 kg
In the first match, Aslan Abakarov lost to Iranian Mahdi Hajilovian with a score of 0:10.
Rashad Mammadov (55 kg) and Nihat Guluzade (60 kg) and Khasay Hasanli (77 kg) won bronze medals at the World Championship. Among Azerbaijani female wrestlers, Jala Aliyeva (57 kg) became the world champion.
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