Azerbaijan wins first gold medal of the Olympic Games

Azerbaijani wrestler, 19-year-old Togrul Askerov won on Saturday in the final match against the four-time world champion, a Russian of the Ossetian origin Besik Kudukhov and became Olympic champion among athletes in weight category 60 kg. Askerov did not give his opponent a chance. Having won the first round, 1-0, in the second part he inflicted a crushing defeat on the rival - 5-0.

Askerov brought the Azerbaijani national team's first gold medal at the Olympic Games in London

On the way to the victory Askerov in the 1/8 finals won a landslide victory over Tim Schleicher of Germany 2:0 (2:0, 7:1). In the quarterfinals Askerov in a hard-fought battle defeated the Japanese Kenichi Yumoto 2-0 (1-0, 2-2).

In the semifinal, the Azerbaijani wrestler confidently won against American Scott Coleman 2:0 (1:0, 4:0).

In 2010 he became the silver medalist of the world, and in 2012 he won the European championship.

In the final of the Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling was one more.

An Azerbaijani sportsman, a native of Dagestan Sharif Sharifov competed in the weight category 84 kg.

Thus, Askerov brought the number of Olympic medals for Azerbaijan to eight. The Azerbaijani national team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. - 06D -