The U-20 World Wrestling Championship starts today in Samokov, Bulgaria.
According to Idman.biz, 4 freestyle wrestlers from Azerbaijan tested their strength on the first day of the competition.
70 kg
Nurlan Agazade won against Canadian Cade Brown 9:2 in his debut, and against Kyrgyz Zalkarbek Tabaldiev 5:2 in the 1/8 finals. Our wrestler then defeated Chinese Tao Wei with a full advantage (12:2) and advanced to the semi-finals. Nurlan will face Moldovan Alexander Gaidarli in the semi-finals.
74 kg
Aganazar Novruzov defeated Bulgarian Stiliyan Chorov with a full advantage (10:0) and advanced to the 1/8 finals. However, he lost to German U-20 European Champion Manuel Wagin 2:7 at this stage.
97 kg
Ravan Musayev defeated Hungarian Peter Zhivnovsky with a full advantage (10:0), but lost to Frenchman Ashab Dadaev 2:12 in the 1/8 finals.
125 kg
Yusif Dursunov won against Chinese Ruljie Li by "pin" and against Georgian Alexandre Abramishvili 5:0 and advanced to the semi-finals. Yusif will wrestle against Iranian Abolfazl Nejad in the semi-finals.
Note that the semi-finals will start at 19:00 Baku time.
Idman.biz