The Azerbaijani national team won its first medal at the European wrestling championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

Axar.az reports that Aliabbas Rzazadeh, who played in the 57 kg weight class, won the first match against German Horst Lehr by "tush". Our wrestler met Italian Simyone Piroddu in the semi-finals.

A. Rzazade won 12:8 in a tense match and advanced to the finals. Our representative faced Turkish Suleyman Atly in a decisive meeting. Our wrestler, who defeated his opponent with a score of 12:2, became the European champion for the first time.

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Haji Aliyev, the leader of the Azerbaijani national team in freestyle wrestling, won a gold medal at the European Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

The 32-year-old wrestler, who played in the 70 kg weight class, won the final against Bulgarian Ramazan Ramazanova with a score of 10:3.

With this, Aliyev won the European championship title for the fourth time in his career.