Idman.biz
The "Mohammad Malo" ranking tournament held in Tirana, the capital of Albania, continues. On the last day of the competition, nine members of the Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestling team will test their strength.
Idman.Biz reports that our athletes will join the competition in six weight categories. In the 55 kg weight category, Rashad Mammadov will face Ulan Muratbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) in the 1/8 finals. In the 60 kg weight category, two of our representatives will enter the mat: Nihat Mammadli will face Maxwell Hopper Black (USA), and Nihad Guluzade will face Akjol Tuyakov (Kazakhstan) in the 1/8 finals.
In the 72 kg weight category, Ruslan Nurullayev will wrestle with Sourav Rana from India, and in the 82 kg weight category, Tuncay Vazirzade will wrestle with Almir Tolebayev (Kazakhstan) in the 1/8 finals. In the 97 kg weight category, Murad Ahmadiev will start the competition from the 1/8 finals, and Magomed Ahmadiev will start in the 1/16 finals with Artur Sarksyan (UWW).
In the heavyweight category (+130 kg), Beka Kandelaki will face Alimkhan Sizdikov (Kazakhstan) in the 1/8 finals, and Sarkhan Mammadov will face Ali Ilyasov (UWW).
Currently, the Azerbaijani national team has six medals. Ziya Babashov (63 kg) won gold, Sakit Guliyev and Rashid Babazade won silver, and Islam Bazarganov, Jabrail Hajiyev and Arseni Djioyev won bronze medals.
