Our national team finishes as world runners-up

July 29, 2026

The Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the U17 World Championships in Baku has concluded.

With three silver and three bronze medals, our national team accumulated 107 points to finish as the world runners-up in the team standings. Russia took first place with 127 points, while Iran finished third with 96 points.

Under the guidance of head coach Rafiq Huseynov and coaches Kamran Mammadov, Zohrab Abbasov and Mushvig Mammadov, Ali Javadli (45 kg), Abdurrahman Huseynli (51 kg) and Isfahan Hasanov (80 kg) won silver medals, while Omar Salmanov (48 kg), Elmir Cherkezov (60 kg) and Orkhan Habibli (65 kg) claimed bronze medals.