The U-20 World Wrestling Championship started today in Samokov, Bulgaria.
According to İdman.biz, 4 freestyle wrestlers from Azerbaijan tested their strength on the first day of the competition.
70 kg
Nurlan Agazade defeated Canadian Cade Brown 9:2 in his debut, and 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 lost to Moldovan Aleksandr Gaydarli 4:7 in the semi-final and will fight for the silver award.
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 Vagin 2:7 at this stage.
97 kg
Ravan Musayev defeated Hungarian Peter Zivnovsky with a full advantage (10:0), but lost to French Ashab Dadaev 2:12 in the 1/8 finals.
125 kg
Yusif Dursunov defeated Chinese Ruljie Li by "touch" and Georgian Alexandre Abramishvili 5:0 to advance to the semi-finals. Yusif lost to Iranian Abolfazl Nejad (1:1) in the semi-final according to the principle of the last point scored and will compete for the bronze medal.
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