Another Azerbaijani wrestler advances to finals
The Azerbaijani athlete, Togrul Asgarov advanced to the finals in the men’s 65 kg freestyle wrestling at the Baku 2015 European Games on June 17.
In the semi-finals, he defeated Azamat Nurykau from Belarus with the score 7:2.
Asgarov will in the final have a fight with the Italian wrestler, Frank Chamizo Marquez.
Togrul Asgarov is the champion of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Azerbaijani athletes won two medal sets in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling at the Baku 2015: Rasul Chunayev (71 kg) and Elvin Mursaliyev (75 kg) won gold medals, Rafig Huseynov (80 kg) and Sabahi Shariati (130 kg) won silver medals, while Elman Mukhtarov (59 kg) and Hasan Aliyev (66 kg) grabbed bronze medals.
The Azerbaijani women wrestlers won two gold medals and one bronze medal in the women’s wrestling at the Games: Mariya Stadnyk (48 kg) and Anzhela Dorogan (53 kg) grabbed gold medals, while Natalia Sinishin (55 kg) won a bronze medal.
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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