Azerbaijani wrestler Hasrat Jafarov, competing in the 67 kg category, advanced to the World Championship final by defeating Kyrgyz Razzak Beishekeev with a score of 3:1 in the semi-final.
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Today, at the World Championship continuing in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, 6 Greco-Roman wrestlers from Azerbaijan will start competing.
Idman.biz reports that Murad Mammadov (63 kg) will face Bayaman Karimov from Kyrgyzstan, Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) will face Venezuelan Neiser Marimon Hidalgo, and Islam Abbasov (87 kg) will face Stanislav Shafarenko, who is competing under the UWW flag.
In addition, Ulvi Ganizade (72 kg) will wrestle against Frenchman Ibrahim Ghanem in the final for the gold medal.
Nihat Mammadli (60 kg) and Murad Ahmadiev (97 kg) will compete for a bronze medal.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani national team already has 5 medals in its assets. Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) won silver, Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg), Nureddin Novruzov (61 kg), Arseniy Djioyev (86 kg) and Osman Nurmagomedov (92 kg) won bronze medals.
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