Baku, Azerbaijan, June 17
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
Azerbaijani athlete Khetag Gazyumov entered the 1/4 final in freestyle wrestling competitions as part of the first European Games June 17.
Gazyumov (weight category of 97 kg) took a lead over his rival Nicolae Ceban (Moldova) with a score of 4:0 in the 1/8 final and entered the quarter-finals.
Azerbaijani athlete Jabrail Hasanov athlete (74 kg) lost to Turkish rival Soner Demirtas with a score of 3: 5 in 1/4 final.
Azerbaijani athletes won two sets of medals: Rasul Chunayev (up to 71 kg) and Elvin Mursaliyev (75 kg) - gold, Rafig Huseynov (80 kg) and Sabah Shariati (up to 130 kg) - silver, Elman Mukhtarov (59 kg) and Hasan Aliyev (66 kg) - bronze at the Greco-Roman wrestling competitions among men as part of the first European Games in Baku.
Azerbaijani female athletes won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the wrestling competitions among women as part of the first European Games in Baku. Mariya Stadnyk (48 kg) and Angela Dorogan (53 kg) won gold, Natalia Sinishina (55 kg) - bronze medal.
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28.
There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.
Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.