Huseyn Amrahli, competing in the 38 kg weight category, defeated Bulgarian Ivan Aleksandrov with a score of 8:0 and advanced to the semi-finals.
14:08
The successful series of Azerbaijani wrestlers continues at the U-15 European Championship.
Idman.Biz reports that Punhan Shahmarov (48 kg) defeated Belarusian Nazar Krishnyov with a score of 5:3 and advanced to the 1/4 finals. Raul Mammadzadeh (62 kg) defeated Bulgarian Grigor Simyonov with a score of 9:1 and qualified for the 1/4 finals. Khudayar Kerimov (41 kg) is also among those who advanced to the 1/4 finals. He defeated Finnish Vilyami Kotilainen with a score of 5:3. Pasha Aslan (44 kg) defeated Belarusian Matvey Utlik with a score of 9:0 and advanced to the 1/4 finals. Sadiq Valizade, competing in the 57 kg weight category, defeated British Paul Hanlon with a score of 8:0 and reached the 1/4 finals.
13:05
Azerbaijani wrestlers started the U-15 European Championship held in Samokov, Bulgaria, with a victory.
Idman.Biz reports that two members of our Greco-Roman wrestling team surpassed their opponents in the first matches and advanced to the next stage.
Punhan Shahmarov, competing in the 48 kg weight category, defeated Hungarian representative V.Olash with a score of 11:3. With this result, our athlete qualified for the 1/8 finals.
Huseyn Amrahli, testing his strength at 38 kg, won a confident victory over Armenian wrestler G.Karapetyan. Our representative defeated his opponent with a score of 9:0 and advanced to the 1/4 finals.
Rasul Ahmadli, competing in the 52 kg weight category, lost to Turkish Muhammed Ozen with a score of 1:2 in the 1/8 finals.
It should be noted that the U-15 European Championship will last until May 24. Azerbaijan is represented in all three types of wrestling at the competition.