I defeated my Armenian opponent in the semi-final. In the final, I won against the Russian athlete.
"Report" reports that Ruslan Alizade, our freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal in the 55 kg weight category at the U-17 European Championship in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, said this in a statement to journalists.
"My current goal is the world championship. We are determined to prepare well and return from there with high results," said R. Alizade.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani youth freestyle wrestling team became the European champion. The Azerbaijani team won 6 medals with a successful performance in the continental championship. At the responsible competition, 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals were won. With this result, our national team, which scored 151 points, became the European champion again. Ukraine took second place with 144 points, and Georgia took third place with 116 points.
Let us remind you that Ravan Hasanzade (48 kg), Ruslan Alizade (55 kg) and Said Pashayev (92 kg) won gold, Hasan Hasanov (60 kg) won silver, Ramal Mirhuseynov (51 kg) and Hakim Tagiyev (110 kg) won bronze medals under the leadership of head coach Asgarxan Novruzov and coaches Vahid Mammadov and Yashar Aliyev.