Giorgi Meshvildishvili, our freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg weight category, became the European champion for the second time by defeating Hungarian Vladislav Baitsaev 8:0 in the final.
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Ali Tsokaev (92 kg) became the European champion by defeating Bulgarian Ahmed Bataev 5:3 in the final.
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Arseniy Djioyev, our freestyle wrestler competing in the 86 kg weight category, lost to Russian Ibrahim Kadiev 1:2 in the final and won a silver medal at the European Championship.
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Turan Bayramov (74) lost to Slovak Taymuraz Salkazanov 2:4 in the final and won a silver medal at the European Championship.
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Nureddin Novruzov (61 kg) lost to Italian Simone Piroddu by "pin" in the bronze medal match.
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On the last day of the European Championship held in Tirana, the capital of Albania, Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers will compete in important matches.
Idman.Biz reports that today 4 of our athletes will compete for a gold medal, and 1 wrestler will compete for a bronze medal.
In the final, Turan Bayramov (74 kg) will face Taymuraz Salmazanov (Slovakia), Arseniy Djioyev (86 kg) will face Ibrahim Kadiev (UWW), Ali Tsokaev (92 kg) will face Ahmed Bataev (Bulgaria), and Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) will face Vladislav Baitsaev (Hungary).
Nureddin Novruzov (61 kg) will face Italian Simone Piroddu for the bronze medal.
It should be noted that Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) and Gurban Gurbanov (82 kg) from Greco-Roman wrestlers became European champions earlier. Rashad Mammadov (55 kg), Nihat Mammadli (60 kg) and Islam Abbasov (87 kg) won bronze medals. Our national team took first place in the team standings in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Among female wrestlers, Jala Aliyeva (57 kg) and Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg) also won bronze medals. In freestyle wrestling, Islam Bazarqanov (57 kg) won gold, and Jabrail Hajiyev (79 kg) won a medal.