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Ukrainian wrestler Nasibov enters final at Paris Olympics

Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 19:33
Ukrainian wrestler Nasibov enters final at Paris Olympics
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Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Parviz Nasibov won a semi-final match at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

Details: In the semi-final, Nasibov, who performs in the weight category below 67 kilograms, defeated Azerbaijani Hasrat Jafarov, 2023 Champion of Europe.

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Both wrestlers scored three points each, but Nasibov made the final active move, which allowed him to advance.

On his way to the semi-final, 25-year-old Nasibov confidently defeated a Serbian, Mate Nemeš, and a Kyrgyzstani, Amantur Ismailov.

Nasibov’s opponent in the final will be the winner of the semi-final fight between an Armenian Slavik Galstyan and Said Esmaili from Iran.

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Nasibov’s final fight will take place on 8 August, starting after 19:15 Kyiv time.

Nasibov is a silver medalist of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the upcoming Olympic final will be his second in his career.

Zhan Beleniuk, Champion of Tokyo 2020, also represents Ukraine in Greco-Roman wrestling and will participate in the semi-finals but is in the weight category below 87 kilograms.

So far, Ukraine has won seven medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: two gold, two silver and three bronze. Oleksandr Khyzhniak, a Ukrainian boxer, who will participate in the final fight against a Kazakhstani Nurbek Oralbay is guaranteed another medal.

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