World Championship: Eldaniz Azizli wins bronze, Ulvi Ganizade in the final, Murad Ahmadiev will wrestle for bronze

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg) won a bronze medal at the World Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

"Report" reports with reference to the press service of the Wrestling Federation that the athlete met with Ulan Uulu from Kyrgyzstan in the bronze medal match.

The captain of our team, who defeated his opponent with a full advantage (9:0) in the first half, became the world's third. Thus, for the 7th time in his career, he climbed to the honorary podium among adults (4 gold, 3 bronze) and became the new record holder of Azerbaijani wrestling in this indicator.

Nihad Mammadli (60 kg) defeated Abdelkarim Fergat from Algeria with a full advantage (8:0), but lost to Alisher Ganiev from Uzbekistan 4:8 in the 1/4 final. Our wrestler, who was seriously injured in this match, withdrew from the competition.

Ulvi Ganizade (72 kg) won against Abdelmalek Merabet from Algeria (6:0) in the 1/8 final, and against South Korean wrestler Yeonghun Noha (8:3) in the 1/4 final. Our compatriot did not give a chance to Abdulla Aliyev from Uzbekistan in the semi-final - 5:0. Ulvi, who reached the final of the world championship for the third time, will face Ibrahim Ghanem from France in the decisive match.

Murad Ahmadiev was stronger than Nikoloz Kakhelashvili from Italy (4:1) in his debut, and Uzur Dzhuzupbekov, the Olympic medalist from Kyrgyzstan (5:1) in the 1/8 final. Our wrestler faced Artur Aleksanyan, the Olympic, 4-time world and 7-time European champion from Armenia in the 1/4 final. Murad, who defeated his titled opponent with a "touch", advanced to the semi-finals. Ahmadiev lost to Artur Sargsyan from Russia based on the first point principle (1:1) and will wrestle for the bronze medal tomorrow.

It should be noted that the medal won by E. Azizli was the fifth for Azerbaijan. Earlier, freestyle wrestlers Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) won silver, Nureddin Novruzov (61 kg), Arseniy Dzioev (86 kg) and Osman Nurmagomedov (92 kg) won bronze medals.