An Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler won a silver medal at the World Championships among youth (U-23) held in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that Khetag Karsanov (125 kg) lost to Iranian Abolfazl Nejad 0:11 in the final.
He won a silver medal at the World Championships.
It should be noted that today another wrestler, Kenan Heybatov, became the world champion by defeating Iranian Sina Khalili 9:4 in the final.
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An Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler won a gold medal at the World Championships among youth (U-23) held in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that Kenan Heybatov became the world champion by defeating Iranian Sina Khalili 9:4 in the final.
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The World Championship in freestyle wrestling among youth (U-23) continues in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that four members of the Azerbaijani national freestyle wrestling team stepped onto the mat on the seventh day of the competition.
61 kg
Jeyhun Allahverdiyev defeated Indian Shubham Shubham with full advantage (16:5), but lost to Turkish Tolga Ozbey 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 Umidjan Jalalov in the 1/4 finals - 1:6.
86 kg
Ali Tsokayev eliminated Kyrgyz Muxammad Abdullayev (10:0) and Japanese Fumiya Igarashi (8:0). 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 Chagaev (UWW) by "touch" in the 1/8 finals.
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The World Championship in freestyle wrestling among youth (U-23) continues in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Idman.Biz reports that four members of the Azerbaijani national freestyle wrestling team stepped onto 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 the fight after losing in the second match.
Today, two more athletes from the Azerbaijani national team - Kenan Heybatov (70 kg) and Khetag Karsanov (125 kg) will go to the final match and fight for a gold medal.
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The World Championship in freestyle wrestling among youth (U-23) continues in Novi Sad, Serbia.
According to Idman.Biz, four Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers will step onto the mat today.
Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (61 kg), Aykhan Abdullazade (65 kg), Ali Chokaev (86 kg) and Zafar Aliyev (97 kg) will join the fight.
At the same time, in the evening, the Azerbaijani team will have a chance to win two "gold" medals. Kenan 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.