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The U-23 World Wrestling Championship among youth is ongoing in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that four members of the Azerbaijani national freestyle wrestling team took to the mat on the seventh day of the competition.
61 kg
Jeyhun Allahverdiyev defeated Indian Shubham Shubham with a clear advantage (16:5), but lost to Turkish Tolga Özbey in the 1/4 finals - 4:6.
65 kg
Aykhan Abdullazade defeated Belarusian Anatoli Khramyka (UWW) 9:2 and Turkish Abdullah Toprak 7:6, but lost to Uzbek Umidjon Jalolov in the 1/4 finals - 1:6.
86 kg
Ali Tsokayev eliminated Kyrgyz Muxammad Abdullayev (10:0) and Japanese Fumiya Igarashi (8:0) from the competition. Our representative lost to Russian Arsen Balayan (UWW) 1:7 in the 1/4 finals.
97 kg
Zafar Aliyev defeated Armenian Sergey Sargsyan 6:5, but lost to Russian Soslan Chagayev (UWW) by "pin" in the 1/8 finals.
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The U-23 World Wrestling Championship among youth is ongoing in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that four members of the Azerbaijani national freestyle wrestling team took to the mat on the seventh day of the competition - Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (61 kg), Aykhan Abdullazade (65 kg), Ali Tsokayev (86 kg) and Zafar Aliyev (97 kg).
Allahverdiyev, Abdullazade and Tsokayev defeated their opponents and advanced to the 1/4 finals. Zafar Aliyev stopped fighting after losing the second match.
Today, two more athletes from the Azerbaijani national team - Kanan Heybatov (70 kg) and Khetag Karsanov (125 kg) will compete for a gold medal by reaching the final match.
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The U-23 World Wrestling Championship among youth is ongoing in Novi Sad, Serbia.
According to Idman.Biz, four Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers will take to the mat today.
Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (61 kg), Aykhan Abdullazade (65 kg), Ali Chokayev (86 kg) and Zafar Aliyev (97 kg) will join the fight.
At the same time, the Azerbaijani national team will have a chance to win two "gold" medals in the evening. Kanan Heybatov (70 kg) and Khetag Karsanov (125 kg) will test their strength in the final matches of their weight categories.
Currently, the Azerbaijani national team has four medals: two gold and two bronze. Elmir Aliyev (55 kg) and Ziya Babashov (63 kg) became world champions. Ruslan Nurullayev (72 kg) and Gunay Gurbanova (59 kg) took third places.
