National freestyle wrestlers win medals in Georgia

Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers have shown their best at Shkhireli Cup held in Gori, Georgia.

Vasif Khudiev (79 kg) rose to the highest step of the podium, Yusif Dursunov (125 kg) took second place, while Sadig Mustafazadeh (86 kg) ranked third. Ramik Geybatov (70 kg) took fourth place in the Round Robin format tournament, Azernews reports.

Azerbaijan was represented at the Shkhireli Cup by four wrestlers under the leadership of coach Ashraf Aliyev. Azerbaijan was also represented at the tournament by international judge Ali Babayev.

Wrestling remains the most popular sport in the county and is overseen by the National Wrestling Federation, which was established in 1993.

The Rio Games opened a new page in wrestling for Azerbaijan. The country became one of only two nations ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.

Furthermore, Magomedkhan Magomedov (97kg) has qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Magomedov secured the Olympic berth after defeating Georgian Givi Matcharashvili (6-1) in the semifinals of the World Championships held in Belgrade this September.