Head coach of the Azerbaijani national team spoke about the character of athletes who won gold at the World Championship

Azerbaijani representatives who won gold medals at the U-17 World Beach Wrestling Championship held in Katerini, Greece, showed determination and character.

Oyan Nazariani, the head coach of the national team, made a statement to "Report" about this.

The specialist stated that the competition is very important:

"Next year, the Youth Summer Olympic Games will be held in Senegal. This was a test before that tournament. More than 170 athletes from 26 countries competed in Greece. For the first time, female representatives of Azerbaijan also competed in beach wrestling. We selected age groups for the tournament so that they could also participate in the Youth Olympics. We took athletes one year younger than the age group in this year's world championship. This tournament was a test for them".

The head coach also spoke about the performance of the athletes:

"Our wrestlers who won gold medals showed determination and character. In beach wrestling, boys compete in four weight categories, and girls compete in four weight categories. It is a good result that two of the eight gold awards went to Azerbaijan. But we always want better achievements. We hope that we will adequately represent our country at the Youth Olympics, which will be held next year. Other athletes who could not place this time were also one step away from the medal. They could not be among the winners due to minor mistakes".

It should be noted that Ulviyya Musayeva (55 kg) and Nihad Suleymanli (80 kg) won gold medals at the U-17 World Championship. Elgun Kerimli (90 kg) was content with a bronze medal.