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Another silver medal won by Azerbaijani wrestler

15 June 2015 09:06 (UTC+04:00)
Another silver medal won by Azerbaijani wrestler

The Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Sabahi Shariati (weight class of up to 130 kg) won a silver medal at the Baku 2015 European Games on June 14.

In the finals, he lost to the Turkish athlete Riza Kayaalp.

Thus, Shariati brought one more silver medal to Azerbaijan.

The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28.

There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.

Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.

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