Azerbaijan finish U-20 European wrestling event with five medals

Azerbaijani wrestlers have won two more medals at the U-20 European Championships in Skopje, North Macedonia, Report informs.

On the third day of the competition, two members of Azerbaijan's Greco-Roman wrestling team reached the podium.

Aykhan Javadov (60 kg) defeated Romania's Dragos Draga 6-1, while Elmin Aliyev (82 kg) beat Hungary's Szabolcs Szina 8-0 to win bronze medals.

Roman Karimov (67 kg) gave no chance to Lithuania's Eymantas Andriuska, winning 9-0, and Moldova's Maxim Damashin, winning 10-0, in the repechage bouts. However, the Azerbaijani wrestler lost 6-2 to Russia's Amir Sovmiz in the bronze-medal bout and finished fifth.

As a result, Azerbaijan ended the continental championships with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

A day earlier, Emin Javadli (55 kg) won gold, while Javidan Nehmatov (77 kg) and Orkhan Hajiyev (87 kg) claimed silver medals.