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Azerbaijan’s freestyle wrestler Arseniy Djioyev won a silver medal at the world championships in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. He lost 3-2 to American Kyle Dake in the 86kg final.
After the final, Djioyev said he had very much wanted to win gold. “I didn’t get the gold medal. I wanted it very much. I wanted the Azerbaijani flag to be raised in first place. But there is time, and there is progress. We are moving in the right direction. With God’s help, I have no intention of stopping. This is only the beginning. Next time, I will try to reach the top step of the podium,” the wrestler said.
Djioyev also stressed that results in wrestling do not always go as expected. “That is wrestling; it is an unpredictable sport. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This time, it turned out this way.”
Context
On October 31, it was announced that Arseniy Djioyev would face Kyle Dake in the world championship final. Giorgi Meshvildishvili was also due to compete for bronze that day in the 125kg category.
