BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 18. Wrestling competitions have kicked off at the Islamic Solidarity Games taking place in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation.
Today, Greco-Roman wrestling competitions were held in four weight categories.
Azerbaijani wrestler Nihat Mammadli (60 kg) defeated Latuf Madi from the Comoros Islands with a complete advantage (11:0), but in the quarterfinals he lost to the silver medalist of the last world championship, Uzbekistan’s Alisher Ganiev (0:3), and to Iranian Ali Vafa (2:3) in the fight for third place.
Khasrat Jafarov (67 kg) reached the final, defeating Afghan Mohamed Aslam Zadeh with a score of 9:0, Kyrgyzstani Razzaq Beishekeev with a score of 5:3 and Egyptian Mohamed Abdelrehim with a score of 4:1. The Azerbaijani athlete, who faced Olympic and world champion Said Esmaili of Iran in the decisive match, finished the first half with a score of 3:0. However, in the end he lost with a score of 3:8, becoming the silver medalist of the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Another representative of Azerbaijan, Ulvu Ganizade (77 kg), lost in the qualifying round to Amir Abdi from Iran (0:9). Although he defeated Khabibjan Zukhurov of Tajikistan with a score of 5:3 in the consolation match, he lost to Abdulla Aliyev of Uzbekistan in the match for third place on the last points (2:2).
Islam Abbasov (87 kg) lost to the world champion from Iran, Gulamreza Farukhisenj (0:3), in the quarterfinals, and to Kyrgyzstan’s Asan Janisov (0:9) in the match for the bronze medal.
