On the 4th day of the U20 World Wrestling Championship held in Pontevedra, Spain, the first medalists in the women's wrestling competition were announced.
The Azerbaijani national team has a chance to win 2 medals, Idman.biz reports.
Nargiz Samadova (55 kg) and Ruzanna Mammadova (59 kg) wrestled for the bronze medal.
U20 World Championship
Women's wrestling
Bronze medal
55 kg
Nargiz Samadova defeated Chinese Liuxuan Chen. In the last dramatic match, Samadova won with a score of 18:13. Nargiz lost to Khaliun Byambasuren from Mongolia in the quarterfinals with a score of 2:6. Since her opponent qualified for the finals, Azerbaijan's wrestler won a consolation match against Madisyn Kathleen Grof, Canada. Her opponent in the match for the bronze medal was Honda Karina from Japan. Nargiz, who won with a score of 8:7, finished the championship in the 3rd place.
59 kg
Ruzanna Mammadova beat Poland's Nicola Wasilewska in the first match with a score of 4:2. Mammadova beat Chinese Yifan Zhu (4:0) in the quarterfinals. Ruzanna's opponent in the semi-finals was Sakura Onishi (Japan). The match ended with the victory of the Asian wrestler. Ruzanna faced Koman Komal (India) for the bronze medal. Our wrestler, who lost with the score of 1:6, was left without a prize.
Azerbaijan is represented by 25 athletes at the World Championship that will end on September 8.
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