Freestyle wrestler Giorgi Meshvilishvili (125 kg) won a silver medal at the World Championship held in Zagreb, Croatia.
Idman.biz reports that in the final match, Meshvilishvili lost to Iranian Amir Hossein Zare, the Olympic medalist and world champion, with a score of 0:5.
Earlier, Nuredin Novruzov (61 kg) and Arseniy Cioyev (86 kg) won bronze medals.
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Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Arseniy Cioyev (86 kg) won a bronze medal at the World Championship held in Zagreb, Croatia.
According to Idman.biz, in the match for third place, Cioyev defeated Frenchman Rahim Magomedov with a score of 7:0.
This is the second bronze medal for Azerbaijani wrestlers at the World Cup held in Croatia. Earlier, Nuredin Novruzov in the 61 kg weight category brought a bronze medal to our team.
In addition, the super heavyweight member of the team, Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg), will face Iranian Amir Hossein Zare for the gold medal.
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Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Nuredin Novruzov (61 kg) won a bronze medal at the World Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
According to Idman.biz, in the match for third place, Novruzov confidently defeated Korean Kum Hyuk Kim with a score of 6:0. This is the first medal for Azerbaijani wrestlers in the current World Cup.
In addition, Arseniy Cioyev in the 86 kg weight category will face Frenchman Rahim Magomedov for the bronze medal. Among heavyweights (125 kg), Giorgi Meshvili will wrestle Iranian Amir Hossein Zare for the gold medal in the final.
It should be noted that another Azerbaijani wrestler, Osman Nurmahammadov (92 kg), could not reach the final and will compete for the bronze medal tomorrow.
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Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Osman Nurmahammadov (92 kg) reached the semi-finals of the World Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
Idman.biz reports that Nurmagomedov defeated Olympic medalist and three-time European champion Daulen Kurugliev (Greece) 2:0 in the 1/4 finals.
It should be noted that another Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, Jabrayil Hajiyev (79 kg), failed to qualify for the semi-finals and lost to the representative of Greece, European champion Georgios Kougimitsidis, with a score of 0:8.
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The World Freestyle Wrestling Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, continues.
Idman.biz reports that today four more wrestlers of the Azerbaijani national team took to the mat.
57 kg
Islam Bazarqanov defeated Georgian Roberti Dingashvili 10:1 in the first match, but lost to Musa Mehtikhanov, who competed under the UWW flag, 0:3 in the second match.
74 kg
Turan Bayramov faced Russian wrestler Zaurbek Sidakov, who won the title, at the start. He lost with a score of 1:5.
79 kg
Jabrayil Hajiyev passed the first round without a fight due to his opponent's injury. He will wrestle Slovakian Aksarbek Gulaev in the next match.
92 kg
Osman Nurmahammadov has not yet joined the fight. His first opponent will be Indian Dipak.
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