In Tirana, Albania, the World Wrestling Championship for non-Olympic weight classes continues, and today, Azerbaijan's freestyle wrestlers enter the fray.
Competing across four weight categories, these wrestlers look to add to Azerbaijan’s medal tally, following recent success in Greco-Roman wrestling, reports Idman.biz.
Match-ups:
61 kg
Nuraddin Novruzov awaits the winner of the bout between Peter Lewis Hammer (Costa Rica) and Ahmet Duman (Turkiye).
70 kg
Kenan Heybatov faces off against Manish Goswami from India in his first round.
79 kg
Orkhan Abasov is set to compete against Arman Avagyan from Armenia.
92 kg
Abubakr Abakarov will wrestle Redjep Hajdari from North Macedonia.
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg), Nihat Mammadli (63 kg), and Ulvu Ganizade (72 kg) have already claimed gold medals, adding to Azerbaijan’s achievements at this championship.
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