The representative of Azerbaijan Maria Stadnik won the silver medal in the London Olympics in women's wrestling 48 kg). On Wednesday, winning three fights, 24-year-old Stadnik in the final lost to the Japanese Hitomi Obara.
Despite winning the first round with a score of 4-0, in the second part Stadnik lost 0-1. In an additional third round the highly experienced, 7-time World Champion Obara was stronger and won with a score of 2:0.
Thus, Stadnik earned the second silver medal for Azerbaijan at the London Olympics.
For Stadnik, a native of Ukraine, this is the second Olympic reward. 4 years ago in Beijing, she won bronze at the Olympic Games.
Stadnik in the eighth finals defeated American Clarissa Chun with a score of 2:0 (2:0, 3:0).
In the quarterfinals Stadnik overcame Ivana Matkowski from Poland 2-0 (2-0, 4-1).
In the semifinals, Stadnik defeated her compatriot from Ukraine Irina Merleni 2:0 (1:0, 3:0). The fact is that at the time the leaders of Ukrainian Wrestling Federation preferred Merleni, giving it number one in the team. Stadnik was denied even the chance to be selected to the Olympic team.
After that, Stadnik accepted the offer from Azerbaijan and successfully debuted at the Beijing Olympics.
With his victory Stadnik brought Azerbaijan the fourth medal of the London Olympics.
Previously, the winners of the Games in Greco-Roman wrestling were two Azerbaijani athletes - Rovshan Bayramov (55 kg) won a silver medal, and Emin Akhmedov (74 kg) received a "bronze". Bronze medal was also won in weightlifting for Azerbaijan by the 18-year-old Bulgarian Valentin Khristov (56 kg), which marked his debut at the Olympics. Two more medals were gained by two boxers from Azerbaijan, Teymur Mamedov (91 kg) and Magomedrasul Majidov (over 91 kg). They joined the semifinal games and have a chance to compete for the gold.
On August 8, another representative of Azerbaijan started successfully. The Azerbaijani distance runner Haile Ibrahim of an Ethiopian origin in the qualifying race at 5,000 meters was the first with 13:25.23 and this result won him a direct ticket to the finals.
As a result of 12 days of the Olympics Azerbaijan with two silver and two bronze medals is at the 45th place in the unofficial team standings. - 06D -
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