Rio 2016 Summer
Olympic Games ended.The representatives
of “Neftchi Sports Club” achieved great successes in the freestyle-wrestling
competitions of the Olympics. So, the wrestlers won 1 silver and 1 bronze
medals of the prestigious tournament.The double world
champion Haji Aliyev won the Korean athlete Yunsik Yun in the 1/8 final and
qualified for the quarter-final. But, at this stage, the wrestler faced with
the Georgian Vladimer Khinchegashvili and lost. Haji won the right to
participate in the repechage matches with the opponent qualified for the final.
In this matches the athlete won over the Kazakh representative Nurislam Sanayev
and faced with the Bulgarian Vladimir Dubov in the match for bronze medal. Haji
Aliyev defeated his opponent with a complete victory and won a bronze medal of
the Rio Olympics.Haji Aliyev said
after the victory: At the Olympic Games the chance to play a role, along with
the skill. Many athletes were defeated at this Olympic Games. I didn’t believe
that, I would be beaten by my opponent, the Georgian athlete. Because, I was
feeling that, I would defeat him. At the Olympic Games such sensations always
occur. Most importantly, I completed the “Rio Summer Olympics” with a medal.On the last day of
the Olympic Games another athlete of the club, the Olympic Champion Toghrul
Asgarov (65 kg) competed. He won Ukrainian Andrey Kvyatovsk in the 1/8 final
(12:2). The athlete also won the USA representative Frank Anyello Molinaro
(10:0) and qualified for the semi-final. At this stage, he defeated Italian
Frank Chamizo and qualified for the final. But, he lost to the Russian Soslan
Ramonov and claimed a silver medal of the Rio Olympics.Togrul Asgarov
briefed journalists after the match: “To return with a medal the Olympic Games
should be considered a success. Of course, I wanted to win the gold medal. At
the beginning of the meeting, the opponent’s head or shoulder hit my cheek
bone. For a moment, my eyes darkened, I couldn’t see or feel anything. I had
the opportunity to consult a doctor. But I had no idea what was happening. It
was too late, when I came to myself. Still, I’m thankful that I’m not coming
without a medal. My efforts, the hard work of the coaches didn’t go in vain. But
I missed the gold and I’m so regret that. And for this reason I still could not
come to myself.So, the athletes of
“Neftchi Sports Club” owned 5 medals in the Rio Olympics. Note that, previous
days of the prestigious competition the judokas Rustam Orujov (73 kg) and Elmar
Gasimov (100 kg) had claimed silver medals and the Greco-Roman wrestler Rasul
Chunayev (66 kg) had won a bronze medal.