The names of our wrestlers who reached the semi-finals at the U-15 European Championship have been announced.
Idman.Biz reports that a total of four athletes from Azerbaijan qualified for the semi-finals on the competition day.
Huseyn Amrahli, competing in the 38 kg weight category, defeated Bulgarian Ivan Aleksandrov with a full advantage (8:0) and advanced to the semi-finals.
Pasha Aslan, in the 44 kg weight category, defeated Serbian Adam Horvat with a full advantage (9:1) and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the 48 kg weight category, Punhan Shahmarov defeated Turkish Mehmet Dedeoğlu with a score of 6:0 and advanced to the next stage.
In the 57 kg weight category, Sadiq Valizade defeated Turkish Yusuf Sariyari with a score of 9:5 and secured a place in the semi-finals.
In other matches, Khudayar Karimov in the 41 kg weight category could not continue the fight in the 1/4 finals due to an injury in the match against Bulgarian Ognian Burgazov and lost.
Raul Mammadzade in the 62 kg weight category lost to Georgian Gabriel Tavberidze with a score of 1:5 in the 1/4 finals.
14:34
The name of the first Azerbaijani wrestler to reach the semi-finals at the U-15 European Championship has been announced.
Idman.Biz reports that Huseyn Amrahli, competing in the 38 kg weight category, defeated Bulgarian Ivan Aleksandrov with a full advantage (8:0) and advanced to the semi-finals.
14:08
The successful series of Azerbaijani wrestlers continues at the U-15 European Championship.
Idman.Biz reports that Punhan Shahmarov (48 kg) defeated Belarusian Nazar Krishnyov with a score of 5:3 and advanced to the 1/4 finals. Raul Mammadzade (62 kg) also secured his place in the 1/4 finals by defeating Bulgarian Grigor Simyonov with a full advantage (9:1). Khudayar Karimov (41 kg) is also among those who advanced to the 1/4 finals. He defeated Finnish Vilyami Kotilainen with a score of 5:3. Pasha Aslan (44 kg) defeated Belarusian Matvey Utlik with a full advantage (9:0) and advanced to the 1/4 finals. Sadiq Valizade, competing in the 57 kg weight category, defeated British Paul Hanlon with a full advantage (8:0) and advanced to the 1/4 finals.
13:05
Azerbaijani wrestlers started the competition with a victory at the U-15 European Championship held in Samokov, Bulgaria.
Idman.Biz reports that two members of our Greco-Roman wrestling team defeated their opponents in their first matches and advanced to the next stage.
Punhan Shahmarov, competing in the 48 kg weight category, defeated Hungarian representative V. Olash with a score of 11:3. With this result, our athlete qualified for the 1/8 finals.
Huseyn Amrahli, testing his strength in the 38 kg category, won a confident victory over Armenian wrestler G. Karapetyan. Our representative defeated his opponent with a score of 9:0 and advanced to the 1/4 finals.
Rasul Ahmadli, competing in the 52 kg weight category, lost to Turkish Muhammed Ozen with a score of 1:2 in the 1/8 finals.
It should be noted that the U-15 European Championship will last until May 24. Azerbaijan is represented in all three types of wrestling in the competition.