Azerbaijan's boxer brings third gold in Youth Olympics
By Amina Nazarli
Team Azerbaijan won its third gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China, raising the medal haul to 10 medals, including 6 silver and 1 bronze.
Boxer Rufat Huseynov at 49kg has claimed his country's third gold medal at the Olympics. The brilliant victory over Uzbek Sulaymon Latipov 3:0, brought Rufat a deserved first place.
On the way to the final, Huseynov defeated Indian Kumar Shyam
Kakara and Kazakh Shalkar Aikhynbay with the score 2:1 .
Also, two Azerbaijan's wrestlers reached the final.
Teymur Mammadov at 63kg got the ticket to the final where his rival will be Anthony Montero from Venezuela. Wrestler Igbal Hajizade at 100kg will prove his strength against Dmitri Ceacusta from Moldova in the final.
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