Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Rashid Babazade (65 kg) performed successfully at the European Championship held in Tirana.
Idman.Biz reports that our wrestler defeated Belgian Ayub Musayev with a score of 4:2 and qualified for the bronze medal match.
It should be noted that Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Islam Bazarqanov (57 kg) will face Musa Mextixanov (UWW) in the final of the European Championship held in Tirana.
Our other representative, Jabrayil Hajiyev (79 kg), will face Rasul Shapiyev, representing North Macedonia, for the bronze medal.
Rashid Babazade (65 kg) will face Armenian representative Vazgen Tevanyan in the bronze medal match.
The matches of the European Championship will be broadcast on Public TV at 20:00 Baku time. The competition will end on April 26.
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Today, at the European Championship held in Tirana, the capital of Albania, Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Islam Bazarqanov (57 kg) will wrestle Musa Mehtixanov (UWW) for the gold medal.
Idman.Biz reports that Jabrayil Hajiyev will compete for the bronze medal. Our representative competing in the 79 kg weight category will face the winner of the pair Rasul Shapiyev (North Macedonia) / Tariel Gaphrindashvili (Georgia).
Rashid Babazade (65 kg) will face Ayub Musayev (Belgium) in the consolation match.
It should be reminded that earlier Greco-Roman wrestlers Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) and Gurban Gurbanov (82 kg) won gold medals, and Rashad Mammadov (55 kg), Nihat Mammadli (60 kg) and Islam Abbasov (87 kg) won bronze medals. The national Greco-Roman wrestling team became the first in the team standings. Among female wrestlers, Jale Aliyeva (57 kg) and Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg) won bronze medals.
It should be noted that the European Championship will end on April 26.