Ukrainian wrestler Nasibov enters final at Paris Olympics
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Parviz Nasibov won a semi-final match at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company Details: In the semi-final, Nasibov, who performs in the weight category below 67 kilograms, defeated Azerbaijani Hasrat Jafarov, 2023 Champion of Europe.
Advertisement:Both wrestlers scored three points each, but Nasibov made the final active move, which allowed him to advance.
On his way to the semi-final, 25-year-old Nasibov confidently defeated a Serbian, Mate Nemes, and a Kyrgyzstani, Amantur Ismailov. Nasibov's opponent in the final will be the winner of the semi-final fight between an Armenian Slavik Galstyan and Said Esmaili from Iran.
Advertisement:Nasibov's final fight will take place on 8 August, starting after 19:15 Kyiv time. Nasibov is a silver medalist of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Therefore, the upcoming Olympic final will be his second in his career. Zhan Beleniuk, Champion of Tokyo 2020, also represents Ukraine in Greco-Roman wrestling and will participate in the semi-finals but is in the weight category below 87 kilograms. So far, Ukraine has won seven medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: two gold, two silver and three bronze.
Oleksandr Khyzhniak, a Ukrainian boxer, who will participate in the final fight against a Kazakhstani Nurbek Oralbay is guaranteed another medal.
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