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Azerbaijan’s beach wrestling representatives competed in their next bouts at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
Nihad Suleymanli, competing in the 80kg category, defeated Algeria’s Kraled Kebiri 4-0 in his first Group C bout. He then beat India’s Dipanshu Khokhar 3-0.
Gunel Karimli, competing in the 55kg category, edged Latvia’s Anastasiya Yakovleva 3-2 in Group A. Karimli’s second opponent, Guinea’s Mariama Fula Kaba, did not take part in the competition, giving the Azerbaijani wrestler a forfeit victory.
Azerbaijan is represented by four athletes in beach wrestling. The country’s other two wrestlers will begin competing on November 8.
Azerbaijan’s team has one gold medal so far. Ibrahim Talibov won the country’s only medal by becoming champion in the 55kg judo event.
The Olympic Games will continue through November 13. Nearly 2,700 athletes are competing for 153 medal sets across 25 sports. Azerbaijan is represented by 13 athletes in eight sports.
Context
On November 7, Gunel Karimli was scheduled to compete in the 55kg beach wrestling category, while Nihad Suleymanli was due to compete in the 80kg category.
