On the second day of the wrestling ranking tournament in Budapest, two members of Azerbaijan’s freestyle wrestling team reached the podium, the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation (AWF) told Report.
According to the AWF, Ali Tcokaev (92 kg) defeated Dustin Plott (USA, 8:6), Magomed Sharipov (Bahrain, 2:0), and Fatih Altunbas (Türkiye, 11:0) to reach the final. As Ukrainian wrestler Mukhammed Aliyev was injured, the decisive bout did not take place, and Tcokayev claimed his first-ever ranking tournament gold medal. This marks his third competition victory of the year, following his titles as U-23 and senior European champion.
Meanwhile, Jabrail Hajiyev (79 kg) overcame Shamsat Tair (Kazakhstan, 2:0) and Luka Chkhitunidze (Georgia, 5:3) to reach the final, where he lost to Mongolia’s Suldkhuu Olonbayar (0:5), earning the silver medal.
Other Azerbaijani wrestlers had mixed results:
Osman Nurmagomedov (97 kg) was eliminated in the round of 16 by Poland’s Zbigniew Baranowski (3:3, last-point rule).
Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) defeated Robert Baran (Poland, 3:1) and Demetrius Thomas (USA, 6:2) but withdrew due to injury before the quarterfinals.
Gultekin Shirinova (55 kg) lost to Ukraine’s Nataliia Klivchutska(1:5), then beat Aynur Ashimova (Kazakhstan, 11:0) in the repechage, but fell to Canada’s Karla Gonzalez (0:5) in the bronze medal match.