The world wrestling championship
has started in Las Vegas in the United States. Greco-Roman wrestlers have
competed on the first day of competition. In 75 kg weight category, a member of
“Neftchi” Sports Club Elvin Mursaliyev has held his first meeting against
Mexican Juan Angel Escobar. Our wrestler has won his opponent with a score 3:
2. In the next stages, Mursaliyev has defeated the Slovenia, Romania and
Kyrgyzstan wrestlers and has reached the semifinal. Thus, the representative of
“Neftchi” Sports Club has gained Summer Olymipc Games license, which will
be held in next year Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.Our wrestler has lost
to Russian Roman Vlasov in the semifinal and has lost to the Kazakhstan athlete
Dostjan Kartiko in the fight for bronze medal.Another member of the
“Neftchi” Sports Club, World and European champion Hasan Aliyev has held his
first meeting against the winner of European Games, the Russian wrestler Surkov
Artyom. Unfortunately, the wrestler has lost to his strong opponent and he has
stopped fighting at the world championship.The second
competition day at the World Wrestling Championship, Azerbaijan will be
represented by 4 more sportsmen.Wrestlers, who will rank
in the top 5 in mundial, they will gain license to Rio 2016 Olympiads.