Nihat Mammadli wins ranking tournament in Budapest, other wrestlers also compete - UPDATED

A ranking tournament in Greco-Roman wrestling is being held in Budapest.

Idman.biz reports that Azerbaijani representatives are also competing for victory in the competition.

Greco-Roman wrestling
60 kg
Nihat Mammadli defeated Seunghak Kim of Korea (9:0), Mehrac Bahramov of Uzbekistan (4:0) and Georgi Tibilov of Serbia (3:2) to reach the final. In the final, our representative, wrestling with Sumit Sumit from India, won with a score of 561 and became the champion of the ranking tournament.

Ilkin Gurbanov lost to Galim Kabdunassarov of Kazakhstan with a score of 1:9 in the 1/8 final.

63 kg
Ziya Babashov lost to Asian champion and world third place Islamcan Bahramov from Uzbekistan in the qualifying round based on the last point principle (3:3).

67 kg
Although Farid Khalilov defeated Byeonggi Seo of Korea with a score of 6:0, he lost to Georgian world and European champion Leri Abuladze in the 1/4 final based on the first point principle (1:1).

77 kg
Sanan Suleymanov defeated Aleksa Ilic of Serbia (4:0) and Alexandrin Gutu of Moldova (8:0) to reach the 1/4 final.

Ulvi Ganizade defeated Antonio Kamenjasevic of Croatia (1:1) and Hyeonjin Kang of Korea (3:3) to reach the 1/4 final.

In the 1/4 final, Suleymanov qualified for the semi-final because Ulvi did not appear on the mat in the match with Sanan. Sanan lost to Sergey Kutuzov (UWW) of Russia with a score of 6:8 in the semi-final and will wrestle with Levente Levai of Hungary in the evening session for the bronze medal.

82 kg
Gurban Gurbanov did not appear in the match with Mikhail Bradu of Moldova in the qualifying round due to injury and withdrew from the competition.

97 kg
Murad Ahmadiev defeated Abdulkadir Chebi of Turkey (3:1), Uros Krstin of Serbia (9:0) and Giorgi Katsanashvili of Georgia (8:0) to reach the semi-final. Murad lost to Giorgi Melia of Georgia with a score of 1:5 in the semi-final and will wrestle with Iliya Yermolenko (UWW) of Russia in the evening session for the bronze medal.

Arif Niftullayev defeated Nitesh Nitesh of India (9:0) and Yussuf Matsiyev of Kazakhstan (2:2), but lost to Giorgi Melia of Georgia (pin) in the 1/4 final, and to Iliya Yermolenko of Russia (3:3) in the consolation match.

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