Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 20
Trend:
Azerbaijani wrestler Sharif Sharifov has advanced to men’s freestyle 86 kg semifinals at the Rio 2016.
In the quaterfinals, Sharifov defeated Poland’s Baranowski Zbigniew Mateuszwith a score of 7:0.
Fifty-six athletes are representing Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The games, which kicked off on Aug. 5, will end on Aug. 21, and will be followed by the 15th Summer Paralympic Games on Sept. 7-18.