Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Osman Nurmagomedov (97 kg) competed at the European Championships held in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Idman.Biz reports that our athlete lost to Givi Matcharashvili, the Georgian Olympic and world medalist and three-time European champion, with a score of 2:3 in the qualifying stage.
The European Championship will end on April 26.
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Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Rashid Babazade (65 kg) won the European Championship held in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Idman.Biz reports that our athlete defeated German representative Niko Megerle with a score of 3:1.
Thus, R.Babazade advanced to the 1/4 final stage.
The European Championship will end on April 26.
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Today, five Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers will start competing at the European Championship held in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Idman.Biz reports that Islam Bazarganov (57 kg), Rashid Babazade (65 kg), Kenan Heybatov (70 kg), Jabrail Hajiyev (79 kg) and Osman Nurmagomedov (97 kg) will test their strength by stepping on the mat.
At the same time, three more Azerbaijani female wrestlers will compete for bronze medals during the day. Jala Aliyeva (57 kg), Ruzanna Mammadova (62 kg) and Birgul Soltanova will compete for third place at the European Championship.
It should be reminded that Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) and Gurban Gurbanov (82 kg) won gold, Rashad Mammadov (55 kg), Nihat Mammadli (60 kg), and Islam Abbasov (87 kg) won bronze medals from Greco-Roman wrestlers earlier. The Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestling team became the first in the team score. Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg) won a bronze medal among women.
It should be noted that the European Championship will end on April 26.