Azerbaijani Wrestler Reaches Final Of European Championship
Date
6/24/2024 7:21:51 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. The European Junior
Wrestling Championships U-17 started today in Novi Sad, Serbia,
Trend reports via Idman.
On the first day of the competition, Greco-Roman wrestlers took
to the mat in the weight categories of 48, 55, 65, 80 and 110
kg.
Azerbaijani wrestler Amrakh Amrakhov (48 kg) defeated Pavlos
Tsentidis from Greece and Andranik Khachatryan from Armenia with
the same score (9:0) and reached the semi-finals. In the
semi-finals, Amrah was stronger than the Swede Santosh Sarmalingam
- 6:0. Tomorrow in the final Amrakhov will meet with Russian
Nikolai Kristov.
Another representative of Azerbaijan, Ali Nazarov (55 kg), beat
Alexander Aydoev from Armenia (5:0) at the start, then Christian
Dobi from Serbia (9:0) with a complete advantage. Ali lost to
Alyosha Iliev from Bulgaria in one step of the final on the last
point basis (1:1). Tomorrow he will fight for the bronze medal.
Isbandiyar Imanov (65 kg) knocked out Latvian Jaromir Zhukov
(8:0) early, and Estonian Robi Kristyukhan (1:1) on the last point
principle. Imanov lost to German Kevin Karl in the quarter finals –
4:12.
Orkhan Hajiyev (80 kg) defeated the Greek Vasileos Semertsidis
(10:1) with a complete advantage, and in the 1/4 finals he was
stronger than the Serbian Dusan Stokic (6:1). Hajiyev, who lost to
Türkiye's Yigit Sari on the basis of the last point in the
semi-finals (5:5), will fight for the bronze medal.
Mikail Ismayilov, competing in the 110 kg weight category,
knocked out Alexander Saramaek from Finland (9:0) early in the
first fight. Azerbaijani wrestler, who defeated Georgian Luka
Shavadze (4:1) in the 1/4 finals, lost to Ukrainian Ivan Yankovsky
(0:8) in the semifinals. Tomorrow Mikail will fight for third
place.
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