Sport24.az
The U23 European Wrestling Championship will be held from March 9 to 15 in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Sport24.az reports that the squads of our teams to participate in the year's first continental championship have been announced today.
Freestyle wrestlers will open the prestigious competition. Under the leadership of senior coach Jabrayil Hasanov, coaches Taymuraz Kokoyev and Sharif Sharifov, Vasif Bagirov (57 kg), Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (61 kg), Musa Agayev (65 kg), Ramik Heybatov (70 kg), Aganazar Novruzov (74 kg), Sabuhi Amiraslanov (79 kg), Vasif Khudiyev (86 kg), Ali Tsokayev (92 kg), Zafar Aliyev (97 kg) and Yusif Dursunov (125 kg) will take to the mat.
Then the baton will pass to women's wrestling. Asmer Jankurtaran (50 kg), Nargiz Samadova (53 kg), Gultakin Shirinova (55 kg), Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg), Ruzanna Mammadova (62 kg) and Zahra Karimzade (72 kg) will try to successfully fulfill the tasks of acting head coach Toghrul Asgarov and coach Agahuseyn Mustafayev.
In the last days of the competition, the Greco-Roman wrestling competition will take place. Farid Sadikhli (55 kg), Aykhan Javadov (60 kg), Ilkin Gurbanov (63 kg), Farid Khalilov (67 kg), Farayim Mustafayev (72 kg), Ravan Nuriyev (77 kg), Elmin Aliyev (82 kg), Said Akhundzade (87 kg), Ali Guliyev (97 kg) and Aykhan Mardanov (130 kg) will represent our country under the leadership of head coach Muhammad Bana, senior coach Nureddin Rajabov and coaches Sabah Shariati and Rasul Jazini.
Our first-class referees Vugar Shukurov and Kamran Aliyev will protect justice at the U23 European Championship.
