Azerbaijani female wrestler wins Olympic silver
By Amina Nazarli
Azerbaijan's sportsmen are gaining more medals in the second Summer
Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, where young athletes from
around the globe are competing in more than two dozen events.
The only woman wrestler in Azerbaijan's national team, Leyla Gurbanova, brought the silver medal to Azerbaijan's team.
Defeating all her competitors from Canada, Ukraine and Salvador in the qualification, Leyla at 52kg gave the victory to Japanese wrestler Mayu Mukaida in the final, 3:1.
Thus, Azerbaijan's team has two gold medals (taekwondo fighter Said Guliyev, wrestler Islambek Dadov), six silver medals (judo fighter Natig Gurbanli, judo fighter Leyla Aliyeva, taekwondo fighter Ceren Ozbek, rower Boris Yotov and wrestler Jabbar Najafov, wrestler Leyla Gurbanova) and one bronze medal (athlete Nazim Babayev).