Two Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers reach finals at V Islamic Solidarity Games

KONYA, Türkiye, August 11. Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers are advancing in the competitions of the V Islamic Solidarity Games, Trend reports. Wrestler Islam Bazarganov beat his Pakistani counterpart (3:0), and then defeated his rival from Iran (10:0). thus, Bazarganov reached the finals. Meanwhile, Gadzhimurad Omarov reached the semi-finals, defeating his opponent from Uzbekistan Arslan Budazhapov. Female wrestler Gozel Zutova came out victorious in her bout with Tunisian rival (16:5), and then defeated her opponent from Cameroon - 6:0, thus reaching the finals. Azerbaijani athletes are participating in following sports disciplines today: skeet shooting, athletics, taekwondo, wrestling, handball, para-swimming, para-archery, table tennis, gymnastics, weightlifting, para-athletics and cycling. V Islamic Solidarity Games are taking place from August 9 through 18. In total, athletes from 56 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation are participating in the games. The IV Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from May 12 through 22, 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013.