The U-20 European Wrestling Championship has kicked off in Caorle, Italy.
The tournament began with the Greco-Roman wrestling competition, Idman.biz reports.
On the first day, five Azerbaijani athletes took to the mat, and three of them advanced to the semifinals.
U-20 European Championship
Greco-Roman Wrestling
55 kg
Turan Dashdamirov defeated Georgian Koba Karumidze by the last-point criteria (4:4) and then beat Armenian Levon Ghazaryan based on the first-point rule (1:1) to reach the semifinals. Turan will face Ukrainian Nazarii Babinskyi in the semifinals.
63 kg
Tural Ahmadov achieved a technical superiority win over Italian Emanuele Pollino (8:0), defeated Bulgarian Kristiyan Milenkov 4:0, and beat Hungarian Bende Olasz 3:1. He will compete against Greek Marios Kapantais in the semifinals.
77 kg
Davud Mammadov defeated Moldovan Constantin Tasca by technical superiority (11:0) and won against Turkish Yusuf Tosun by last-point criteria (3:3), earning a spot in the semifinals. He will fight Armenian Samvel Terteryan for a place in the final.
87 kg
Orkhan Hajiyev was defeated 1:4 by Romanian Gabriel Stan in the qualification round.
130 kg
Mazaim Mardanov lost in the quarterfinals to Austrian Leonhard Junger based on the first-point rule (1:1).
The European Championship will conclude on July 6.
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