BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 4. Azerbaijani
Greco-Roman wrestler Ruslan Nurullayev won a bronze medal at the
U20 World Wrestling Championships, which is taking place in the
Spanish city of Pontevedra, Trend reports.
Azerbaijani athlete, who competed in the 72 kg weight category,
fought for third place with Chinese wrestler Wenhao Hu. Having
defeated his opponent with a score of 6:5, Nurullayev became third
in the world.
Another representative of Azerbaijan, Tural Akhmedov (60 kg),
won a consolation match against Polish athlete Dominik Partik
(9:1), but in the fight for the bronze medal, he lost to Russian
Papik Javadyan with a score of 0:2 and limited himself to fifth
place.
Thus, the Azerbaijani team finished the World Wrestling
Championships with 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.