The Senior European Wrestling Championships started on April 8
in the capital of Romania, Bucharest,
Trend reports.
On the first day of the championships, freestyle wrestlers
competed in the weight category of 57,65,70,79 and 97
kilograms.
Azerbaijani wrestler in the weight category of 57 kilograms
Mahir Amiraslanov in the 1/8 finals defeated Romanian athlete
Alexandru Chirtoaca.
Another Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Haji Aliyev, who
represented Azerbaijan in the weight category of 65 kilograms,
defeated Belarusian athlete Guseyn Shakhbanov in the qualifications
event with a score of 7:2, and also defeated the Armenian freestyle
wrestler Vazgen Tevanyan with a score of 1:0. Thus, Aliyev reached
the quarter-finals. Further, Aliyev defeated Russian athlete Nachyn
Kuular with a score of 5:3.
Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Aghahuseyn Mustafayev, who
competed in the weight category of 70 kilograms, was able to reach
the semifinals, defeating athlete from Russia Magomedrasul
Gazimagomedov with a score of 5:3 and an opponent from Armenia
David Safaryan with a score of 12:2. In the finals, Mustafayev will
face British wrestler Nicolae Cojocaru.
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