BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 4. The U20 Wrestling World Championship continues in Pontevedra, Spain, TurkicWorld reports via İdman.biz.
According to information, Greco-Roman wrestlers in three more weight categories stepped on the carpet on the second day of the competition.
Three Azerbaijani wrestlers began their performance with qualification and one - with 1/8 finals.
World U20 Wrestling Championship
Greco-Roman wrestling
67 kg
Qualification stage
Tavakkul Gaziyev defeated his rival Bayaman Karimov (Kyrgyzstan) with a score of 10:0. In the next fight he lost to Japan's Kajiro Hasegawa with a score of 3:7.
72 kg
Qualification stage
Ruslan Nurullaev defeated Moldavian Vasile Zabica 9:1 in the first bout. Then he defeated Indian Aakash Punian (5:3) and Croatian Luka Ivancic (8:0). In the semifinals, Nurullayev lost to Armenian Ashot Khachaturian 1:4. Our athlete will fight for the bronze medal.
97 kg
Qualification stage
Mikayil Ismailov defeated Mexican Dorian Emmanuel with a score of 5:2 in the first fight. In the 1/8 finals, our athlete lost to Iranian Hamidreza Morteza Keshtkar - 0:7.
82 kg
1/8 finals
Ismail Rzayev in the 1/8 finals with the score of 13:4 beat Mohammed Yadollah (Iran), and then in the 1/4 finals lost to Abdurakhman Abdulakdirov (AIN) - 0:11.
To note, the national team of Azerbaijan is represented by 25 athletes at the World Championship. The World Championship will end on September 8.
