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Azerbaijanâ€™s national wrestling teams win Golden Grand Prix tournament in Baku

30 June 2008 13:36 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elshan Mammadov - APA-Sport. The final stage of Golden Grand Prix tournament on freestyle, Greco-Roman and women wrestling finished in Baku Sport Palace. APA-Sport agency reports that 250 wrestlers from 25 countries participated in the tournament. Azerbaijanâ€™s national team won the tournament. Greco-roman wrestlers won 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Freestyle wrestlers won 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. Women wrestlers won 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals.
Freestyle wrestler Namig Sevdimov (55 kg) defeated Namig Abdullayev, winner of Sydney Olympic Games. Other freestyle wrestlers Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (74 kg) and Ali Isayev (120 kg) won gold, Emin Azizov (66 kg) and Jamaladdin Mahammadov (96 kg) silver, Etimad Gurbanov (60 kg), Ramazan Abdurrahmanov (66 kg), Haji Alijanov and Sharif Sharifov (both 84 kg) won bronze medals.
,As regards Azerbaijani women wrestlers, European champion Mariya Stadnik (48 kg) Yelena Komarova (55 kg) won gold, Nadejda Gradyuk (51 kg) Mariya Kachina (67 kg) silver and Elvira Mursalova (59 kg) bronze medal.
Final stage of Golden Grand Prix tournament will be held in Baku till 2012. The agreement was reached during the visit of president of International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) Rafael Martinetti to our capital. Agreement on cooperation was signed between Ata Holding and FILA during the visit.