Azerbaijan's wrestlers win three gold medals in Germany
By Nazrin Gadimova
Azerbaijani wrestlers won three gold medals in the Freestyle and Greco-Roman Style Grand Prix, held in Germany on June 28-29.
Led by Head Coach Semen Shterev, Azerbaijan's squad included Haji Aliyev (61 kilograms), Ruslan Dibirhajiyev (70 kg), Jabrayil Hasanov (74 kg) and Hamzat Osmanov (86 kg).
Haji Aliyev reached the final after defeating Hungarian Istvan Nemeth, Romanian George Bucur and Ibro Cakovic from Serbia. Winning over the World Champion, Armenian David Safarian, Aliyev got the gold medal of the tournament.
Another Azerbaijani athlete Jabrayil Hasanov reached the final after defeating his rivals - Javier Befort and Luc Lampis from France. Hasanov won the gold medal of the Grand-Prix defeating German George Hart.
Hamzat Osmanov, in turn, defeated French athlete Ahmed Aybiyev, Germany's Michael Kaufmehl and Gabriel Seregeli. In the final, Polish athlete Zbigniew Baranowski was defeated by Osmanov, providing Azerbaijani athlete with gold medal.
The international referee Vugar Shukurov represented Azerbaijan in the jury of the tournament.