The U-17 European Wrestling Championship kicked off today in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.
Idman.biz reports that Greco-Roman wrestlers joined the competition on the first day of the championship, which will end on June 15.
3 out of 5 athletes of the Azerbaijani national team who took to the mat qualified for the semi-finals.
Greco-Roman wrestling
4️8️ kg
Gurban Majnunov defeated Gergő Zatko of Hungary (11:2) and Barış Soylu of Turkey (6:1) in his debut to advance to the semi-finals. He will wrestle against Martin Manjikyan of Armenia in the semi-finals.
5️5️ kg
Although Aykhan Asadli defeated Aleksandr Beliakov of Belarus with a score of 6:3, he lost to Danil Lozhkin of Russia in the 1/4 finals by "touch".
6️5️ kg
Ramil Musayev defeated Alessio Arancio of Italy by "touch" and advanced to the 1/8 finals. However, in this stage, he lost to Vladislav Salavyov of Belarus with a score of 3:5.
8️0️ kg
Nijat Yeylagaliyev defeated Jáchim Jabůrek of the Czech Republic (8:0), Stefanos Vasdekis of Greece (6:1) and Giorgi Ormotsadze of Georgia (9:0) to advance to the semi-finals. Our wrestler will face Benediktas Bubelevičius of Lithuania in the semi-finals.
1️1️0️ kg
Rihad Ibrahimli defeated Matvey Silish of Belarus (5:1) and Mateusz Tomełka of Poland (11:2) to qualify for the semi-finals. He will face Anatoli Novachenko of Ukraine on the way to the final.
The semi-final matches will start at 20:00 Baku time.
It should be noted that Vugar Shukurov, a referee of the I category, protects justice at the European Championship.
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