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The U23 World Championship has started in Novi Sad, Serbia.
On the first day of the competition, the finalists in 4 weight categories of Greco-Roman wrestling have been determined.
Ziya Babashov (63 kg) defeated Miruto Tokuhiga of Japan 7:1, Mohammad Navid of Iran 3:1, and Dordji Shungurtsikov of Russia according to the first point principle (1:1) to advance to the semi-finals. Ziya was also stronger than Servet Angi of Turkey in the semi-finals - 2:1. Babashov will face Vitali Yeryomenko of Moldova in the final tomorrow.
Davud Mammadov (77 kg) lost his debut match to Levente Levai of Hungary with a score of 0:5.
Lachin Veliyev (87 kg) lost to Gholamreza Farukhisanjani of Iran 0:8 in the qualifying round. Since his opponent reached the final, our representative will compete in the consolation round tomorrow.
Although Aykhan Mardanov (130 kg) eliminated Shuangyu Chen of China with a "fall", he could not cope with Aleksandr Melekhov of Russia in the 1/4 finals - 0:9.
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Azerbaijani wrestlers continue their performance at the U-23 World Championship.
Idman.Biz reports that Ziya Babashov in the 63 kg weight category of Greco-Roman wrestling defeated Servet Angi of Turkey with a score of 2:1 and advanced to the final of the U23 World Championship.
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Azerbaijani wrestlers continue their performance at the U-23 World Championship.
Idman.Biz reports that the Wrestling Federation has released information about this.
It was reported that Ziya Babashov in the 63 kg weight category of Greco-Roman wrestling defeated Miruto Tokuhiga of Japan 7:1, and Mohammad Navid of Iran 3:1. Then, in the match with Russian Dordji Shungurtsikov (UWW), Babashov, who was superior based on the first point principle with a score of 1:1, advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Ziya Babashov will face Servet Angi of Turkey.
In the 77 kg weight category, Davud Mammadov lost to Levente Levai of Hungary 0:5 in the qualifying round.
At 87 kg, Lachin Veliyev lost to Gholamreza Farukhisanjani of Iran 0:8 in the qualifying round.
In the 130 kg weight category, Aykhan Mardanov won against Shuangyu Chen of China with a "fall" and advanced to the 1/4 finals. However, in this stage, he lost to Aleksandr Melekhov (UWW) of Russia with a score of 0:9.
Note that the semi-finals will start at 20:00 Baku time.
