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The U20 World Championships kicked off on August 17 in Samokov, Bulgaria.
The Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation's press service told "Report" about this.
It was reported that the finalists in freestyle wrestling in the 70, 74, 97 and 125 kg weight categories were determined on the first day of the competition.
Nurlan Agazade (70 kg) eliminated Canadian Cade Brown in his debut - 9:2. In the 1/8 finals, the national team member showed his strength to Kyrgyz Zalkarbek Tabaldiev - 5:2. Our wrestler defeated Chinese Tao Wei ahead of schedule (12:2) and advanced to the semi-finals. Nurlan lost to Moldovan Alexander Gaidarli one step away from the final - 4:7. Agazade will wrestle for a bronze medal tomorrow.
Aganazar Novruzov (74 kg) did not give Bulgarian Stiliyan Chorov any chance - 10:0. However, in the 1/8 finals, he lost to German U20 European champion Manuel Vagin with a score of 2:7.
Ravan Musayev (97 kg) defeated Hungarian Peter Zivnovsky with complete superiority (10:0), but failed to cope with Frenchman Ashab Dadaev in the 1/8 finals - 2:12.
Yusif Dursunov (125 kg) eliminated Chinese Ruljie Lin with a "touch" at the start. Our compatriot was also stronger than Georgian Alexandre Abramishvili - 5:0. Yusif wrestled with Iranian Abolfazl Nejad in the semi-finals. The wrestlers did not use any tricks in the match. The opponent advanced to the final based on the last point principle (1:1). Dursunov will compete for third place tomorrow.
