On 17 February
started in the Shagan Olympic Sports Complex the Azerbaijan Sambo Championship
among teenagers, young athletes and men has ended. About 500 sambo-wrestlers
have participated in the competition from the capital and different regions.The graduates of
“Neftchi” Sports Club have been excelled by their advantages in all age groups.
As a result, the determined sambo fighters have taken 37 medals of the country
championship in general (14 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze). Among teenagers Sabir
Aghayev (48 kg), Bahadur Akbarov (65 kg), Ali Nazarli (75 kg), Huseynali
Iskandarli (81 kg) and Sanan Huseynov (87 kg) have became the winner of the
tournament, scoring victories in all matches. From young athletes Eyvaz
Bakhshiyev (52 kg), Farid Gardashkhanov (57 kg), Tural Allahverdiyev (62 kg),
Elton Guliyev (68 kg), Ruslan Mirzayev (90 kg); among men Aghasif Samadov (52
kg), Mehman Khalilov (57 kg), Heydar Hashimov (62 kg) and Kamran Asgarov (68 kg)
have taken the same success.