Azerbaijani wrestlers bag eight medals in Poland
By Nazrin Gadimova
Azerbaijani wrestlers successfully performed at the Junior European Championships, held in Katowice, Poland on June 17-22.
Thus, Azerbaijani wrestlers won eight medals, including four gold. Nurmahammad Hajiyev, Ibrahim Nurullayev, Murad Mammadov and Islam Abbasov became European Champions winning gold medals.
Another Azerbaijani wrestler Murad Suleymanov and Elmira Gambarova grabbed silver, while Turkan Nasirova and Ragnetta Gurbanzede won bronze medals in the women's event.
Azerbaijan ranked third in the overall medal table, behind Russia and Georgia.
Earlier, country's wrestlers won twenty medals at the 17th International Wrestling Tournament held in the memory of Petko Sirakov and Ivan Iliev among juniors in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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