BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13. Azerbaijan’s U-17 Greco-Roman wrestling team has claimed more medals at the European Championship being held in Samokov, Bulgaria, Trend reports.
Competing in the 48 kg weight category, Omar Salmanov faced Russia’s Artyom Tkachenko in the final. The Azerbaijani wrestler lost 1:5 and won the silver medal at the European Championship.
In the 55 kg division, Gurban Majnunov also suffered a narrow 1:2 defeat to Russia’s Edem Payziyev in the final and finished the tournament with a silver medal.
Competing in the 65 kg category, Orkhan Habibli first defeated Greece’s Dionysios Boulutidis in a repechage bout. He then secured third place by defeating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Venets 9:0 in the bronze medal match.
Thus, Azerbaijan’s national team won two silver and one bronze medal on the second day of the competition.
