Three athletes advanced to the finals in the Greco-Roman European wrestling championship.
2023 Greco-Roman European Wrestling Championship started in Zagreb with morning session today. In the morning session, eliminations were made in 55, 63, 77, 87 and 130 kilos.
At the end of the evening matches, Rıza Kayaalp, Ali Cengiz and Adem Burak Uzun will be on the mat for the gold, Yunus Emre Başar and Mehmet Çeker will be on the mat for the medal tomorrow evening at 19-00 CEST.
In 55 kg, Adem Burak Uzun made it to the semi-finals by beating Armenian Rudik Makrcyha (12-3) in the quarter-finals. In this round, Georgian Nugzari won against Tsurtsima and advanced to the final. Adem finelde will fight for the gold medal against Eldaniz Azızlı from Azerbaijan.
63kg.Mehmet Çeker will be on the mat for the bronze medal against the Bulgarian athlete.
In 77 kg, Yunus Emre Başar will compete for the bronze medal with his opponent from repechage.
In 87 kg, Ali Cengiz will be on the mat for the gold medal against Hungarian Istvan Takacs.
At 130 kg, Rıza Kayaalp defeated Serbia’s Boris Petrusici (8-0) in his first match, Norwegian Oskar Markıv 8-1 in the quarterfinals with the number key, and Lithuanian Mantas Kenetstautas (8-0) in the semi-finals, and reached the finals. rose. Rıza will be on the mat tomorrow evening for the 12th Championship against Azerbaijani Sabah Saleh Shariati in the final.