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Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestlers became third in world ranking
Individual sports
- 09 January, 2017
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Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ World Wrestling Association published the first list of 2017's rankings according to results of year 2016.
Report informs referring to the official website of the Azerbaijani Wrestling Federation, 9 representatives from Azerbaijan are included in Greco-Roman wrestling rating list. 7 of them were included in the top ten.
Bronze medal winners in Rio de Janeiro last year Rasul Chunayev (66 kg), ranked 3rd, Sabah Shariati (130 kg) - 4th. Bronze medalist in world championship Hasan Aliyev (71 kg) ranked 3rd.
The other wrestlers included in top ten are Rovshan Bayramov (59 kg) ranked 6th, Rafik Huseynov (80 kg) - 7th, Elvin Mursaliyev (75 kg) and Islam Abbasov (85 kg) took 8th place.
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Азербайджанские борцы греко-римского стиля заняли третье место в мировом рейтинге
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