2 more silver and 1 bronze medal at the World Championship

November 15, 2024

The U-23 World Wrestling Championship continues in Tirana, the capital of Albania.

On the 5th day of the championship, the freestyle wrestling competition began.

Ruslan Abdullayev (61 kg) made a confident start to the tournament. He defeated Albanian Endroi Avdyli (11:0) and Canadian Fotis Papadopoulos (by pin) ahead of time. Despite a tough match against Ukrainian Mykyta Abramov, Abdullayev emerged victorious with a score of 3:1. In the semifinals, Abdullayev left no chance for Indian Abhishek Dahiya, winning 11:1. However, Ruslan lost 0:4 in the final to Russian Bashir Magomedov, finishing the U-23 World Championship with a silver medal.

Jabrayil Gadjiyev (74 kg) defeated German Satas Wolf 9:3 but lost 1:4 in the 1/8 finals to Kyrgyz Orozbek Toktomambetov. Since his opponent reached the final, Gadjiyev entered the repechage round, where he eliminated Turkish wrestler Ismet Ciftci with a score of 11:3. In the bronze medal match, Jabrayil defeated Russian Ismail Khaniev 8:6 to claim third place in the world championship.

Arseniy Dzhioyev (86 kg) dominated his matches against German Joshua Morodion (11:0) and Guatemalan Caser Estrada (11:0). In the quarterfinals, Dzhioyev overwhelmed Indian Deepak Deepak 8:0. In the semifinals, he edged out Japanese Yudai Takahashi with a score of 2:1.

Abduljalil Shabanov (92 kg) lost 9:11 to Greek Gkivi Bliatze in the 1/8 finals.

Aydin Ahmadov (125 kg) achieved victories over Chinese Jinhai Wang (11:0), Polish Michal Dubowski (5:4), and Japanese Toyoki Hamada (4:2) to reach the semifinals. However, he was defeated 0:10 by Bulgarian Alen Khubulov, falling short of the final. In the bronze medal match, Ahmadov lost 0:11 to Ukrainian Volodymyr Kochanov.