The U17 World Wrestling Championship continues in Athens, the capital of Greece.
On the second day of the tournament, five more of Azerbaijan's Greco-Roman wrestlers entered the competition, Idman.biz reports.
Four of them have qualified for the semifinals.
U17 World Championship
Greco-Roman Wrestling
45 kg
Abdurrahman Huseynli defeated American Thales Silva 6:3 and Georgian Saba Abashidze 9:6 to advance to the semifinals. In this stage, Abdurrahman will face Kyrgyzstani Nurkerim Kumarbekov.
51 kg
Hikmat Hagverdiyev beat Romanian Andrei Pelean 7:0 and Norwegian Abu Bakar Saga 9:2 to secure a spot in the semifinals. He will compete against Kyrgyzstani Islam Kurbanov for a place in the final.
60 kg
Ali Nazarov defeated Croatian Roko Curic 5:1, Georgian Lazare Gogotishvili (10:1), and Uzbek Humoyun Erkinov (9:0) with technical superiority. In the semifinals, he will face Iranian Abolfazl Eshaghi.
71 kg
Yusif Ahmadli won by technical superiority (8:0) over Turkish Emirhan Cakir, then defeated Georgian Giorgi Gogelashvili 7:2 and Tajikistani Alisher Ruzimadov 9:5. He will face Uzbek Behruzbek Valiev in the semifinals.
92 kg
Said Pashayev lost 1:6 in the round of 16 to Iranian Amirsam Mohammadi.
The semifinals will begin at 18:00 Baku time, with the medal matches starting at 19:00. The World Championship can be followed via the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation’s Telegram channel.
Earlier today, in the repechage round, Gurban Majnunov (48 kg) lost 3:7 to American Michael Rand, and Huseyn Isgandarov (65 kg) was pinned by his teammate Arseni Kikiniou. In contrast, Nihat Bahmanov (55 kg) defeated Brazilian Lavoisier Maruso 3:1 in the repechage and qualified for the bronze medal match, where he will face Tajikistani Makhdi Barotov. Nijat Yeylagaliyev (80 kg), who beat Ukrainian Nestor Baran 6:5 in the repechage, will wrestle Turkish Ismail Bereket for the bronze.
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