MAKHACHKALA, April 24 – RIA "Dagestan". All four Dagestani wrestlers competing for the Russian national team at the European Championship in Tirana have advanced to the gold-medal matches.
Team captain and the competition's most decorated athlete, Abdulrashid Sadulaev (97 kg), secured his place in the final and will face Batyrbek Tsakulov of Slovakia in the bout for the first place.
In the 57 kg division, freestyle wrestler Musa Mekhtikhanov will compete in an all-Dagestani final against Islam Bazarganov, who represents Azerbaijan. A second all-Dagestani showdown is set for the 79 kg weight class, where Akhmed Usmanov will face Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov, competing for Belarus. In the 65 kg division, Bashir Magomedov will wrestle Islam Dudaev from the Albanian national team.