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Azerbaijani wrestler reached semi-finals after defeating Armenian opponent

23 September 2023 [23:00] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Murad Mammadov defeated his Armenian opponent at the World Championships held in the Serbian capital Belgrade, Azernews reports.

Mamedov defeated his Armenian rival at the World Championships held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

Our 28-year-old wrestler, who defeated his opponent with a score of 3:1, reached the semi-finals.

To recall Today three more Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestlers will perform at the licence world championship, which will be held in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Murad Mammadov, Hasrat Jafarov and Islam Abbasov will perform among Azerbaijani wrestlers. It is not known who will be Murad Mammadov's opponent in 1/8 finals

The other wrestlers will fight for a licence to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Hasrat Jafarov (67 kilograms) will fight Edsson Gutierrez (Mexico) in the 1/16 finals, and Islam Abbasov (87 kilograms) will fight Viorel Burdua (Romania) in the qualifying round.

It should be noted that yesterday Eldeniz Azizli (55 kilograms) and Rafig Huseynov (82 kilograms) became world champions. Sanan Suleymanov (77 kilograms) won a silver medal and received a licence for the Olympics.

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