Report.az
Azerbaijani wrestler Ali Nazarov won a gold medal at the U-17 World Championship held in Athens, the capital of Greece.
"Report" informs that the national team member climbed to the highest step of the podium on the third day of the competition.
In general, our Greco-Roman wrestlers won 1 set of medals at the World Cup.
Abdurrahman Huseynli (45 kg) won a bronze medal, defeating Ukrainian Timur Maharramov with a full advantage (9:0).
Hikmat Hagverdiyev (51 kg) lost to Uzbek Otabek Tursunov 1:4 in the final and won a silver medal.
Ali Nazarov (60 kg) did not give any chance to Kyrgyz Amangeldı Ysakbayev in the decisive match. Our compatriot, who surpassed his opponent with a score of 6:1, became the world champion.
Yusif Ahmadli (71 kg) lost to Iranian Mohammad Kazimi with a minimal difference (3:4) in the bronze medal match.
Said Pashayev (92 kg) competed in consolation matches in the afternoon session and defeated Moldovan Vladislav Vasilevsky (9:0) and Kazakh Adilet Toishi (by pin) ahead of time. However, in the match for the bronze medal, he lost to Turkish Ahmet Uzun with a score of 0:5 and finished in 5th place.
Our national team, which won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the World Championships, scored 100 points and shared 4th-5th places with Kyrgyzstan in the team standings.
