Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Rashid Babazade (65 kg) performed successfully at the European Championship held in Tirana.
Idman.Biz reports that our wrestler qualified for the bronze medal match by winning 4:2 against Belgian Ayub Musayev.
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, Jabrail 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 semi-final matches of the European Championship will be broadcast on Public TV at 20:00 local time. The competition will end on April 26.
The European Championship will end on April 26.
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Today, five Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers will compete at the European Championship held in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Idman.Biz reports that Nureddin Novruzov (61 kg), Turan Bayramov (74 kg), Arseni Cioyev (86 kg), Ali Tsokayev (92 kg), and Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) will join the competition.
Rashid Babazade (65 kg) will face Ayub Musayev (Belgium) in the consolation match.
It should be reminded that 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 in Greco-Roman wrestling. The national Greco-Roman wrestling team became the first in the standings. Among female wrestlers, Jala Aliyeva (57 kg) and Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg) won bronze medals.
It should be noted that the European Championship will end on April 26.