фото Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation
The European championship which is taking place in Tbilisi, gradually approaches the finish. In the fifth, penultimate day to a carpet there were representatives of Greco-Roman wrestling. Azerbaijan was represented by four, but only two could achieve medals.
As reports azerisport.com, the particular interest was caused not by children and their rivals, and a debut of the Iranian trainers of the national team of Azerbaijan led by Jamsheed Heyrabadi. It and his assistants headed the national team at the end of last year, and it was interesting to look at what they achieved for short term.
"Classics" finished the European championship, and it is clear that after four "bronze" wrestlers and representatives of female wrestling, all waited from them for more expensive metal. And, as one of experts joked, we wait that the anthem of Azerbaijan today will be heard. Elchin Aliyev (55 kg), already twice winning on the European superiority was very close to it. And it went to Tbilisi "with great dispatch", winning against all to the ending.
Alas, in decisive fight against Elbek Tazhiyev from Belarus he couldn't show all the ability and lost. After Elchin's fight I couldn't find a justification to the defeat, and I decided to accuse arbitrators. It is difficult to tell as far as the referee was right or guilty, but representatives of national federation also critically treated some decisions of judges during fights with participation of our wrestlers. They consider that if not bias of judges, awards would be more valuable.
And so, except "silver", in the fifth day one more "bronze" was won. It was won by Kamran Mamedov (60 kg) whom the champion of Europe of Iwo of the Angels who has played Mamedov in a semi-final could stop only. Mamedov, though hardly, won fight for the third place of the representative of Belarus. After fight he frankly admitted that there is a small defect in a rack.
And, at last, Shalva Gadabadze (96 kg) who missed "bronze" at the last minute. It is possible to blame and arbitrators, but itself Gadabadze has to blame most of all. His rival – Turk Dzhenk Ildem - wasn't that athlete who couldn't be won.
About Radomir Petkovic who has lost two fights in a row, at all it isn't necessary speaking. Heavy weight became long ago for us a problem.
Vugar ZEYNALOV
from Tbilisi