Azerbaijan women wrestle at 2026 ranking tournament

Azerbaijan women wrestle at 2026 ranking tournament

The first rating tournament of 2026 is underway in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Axar.az reports that Azerbaijan is represented by the national women's wrestling team in the competition. Three members of the team took to the mat on the fourth day of the tournament.

Nargiz Samadova (53 kilograms) lost to Polish Roksana Marta Zasina (0:10) in the qualifying round, and to Japanese Umi Ima (1:13) in the consolation match.

Jala Aliyeva (57 kilograms) ended her fight early, losing to Brazilian Julia Penalbera (4:14) at the start.

Zahra Karimzadeh (72 kilograms) lost to Turkish Buse Tosun (0:2) in the quarterfinals, but defeated Japanese Mahiro Yoshitake 4:1 in the fight for the bronze medal.

Source: en.axar.az