Azerbaijani wrestlers continue their performances at the U-23 World Championship.
In the 63 kg weight category of Greco-Roman wrestling, Ziya Babashov defeated Japan's Miruto Tokuhiga 7:1 and Iran's Mohammad Navid 3:1. Later, in the match against Russian Dordji Shungurtsikov (UWW), Babashov, who was superior based on the principle of the first point with a score of 1:1, advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Ziya Babashov will face Turkish Servet Angi.
In the 77 kg weight category, Davud Mammadov lost to Hungarian Levente Levai 0:5 in the qualifying stage.
At 87 kg, Lachin Valiyev lost to Iranian Gholamreza Farukhisencan 0:8 in the qualifying stage.
In the 130 kg weight category, Aykhan Mardanov defeated Chinese Shuangyu Chen by "pin" and advanced to the 1/4 finals. However, in this stage, he lost to Russian Aleksandr Melekhov (UWW) with a score of 0:9.
It should be noted that the semifinals will start at 20:00 Baku time.