Azerbaijani wrestler becomes European champion defeating Armenian

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 26 2006

European teenage wrestling championship started in the Turkish city
of Istanbul (APA).

500 sportsmen from 35 countries are competing in the championship.
Azerbaijani team succeeded in the very first day. Our wrestler Khurshid
Babayev (42 kg) reached the final. He won the golden medal of the
European Cup by defeating Armenian Karapet Sarkisyan. Our wrestler
Orkhan Ahmadov (50 kg) won silver medal. He was defeated by Russian
Rasul Bekuha in the final meeting./APA/