The beach wrestling season has come to an end.

Offsideplus.az reports that the final stage of the Beach Wrestling World Series was held in Alexandria, Egypt. Three of our wrestlers participated in the competition under the leadership of head coach Oyan Nazariani.

80 kg

Sahib Dadashov defeated Egyptian Adham Abdelzaher (4:1), and Vusal Aliyev defeated Georgian Diego Makharadze (3:2) to qualify for the group stage.

Sahib, who was in Group A, defeated Georgian Ramaz Zoidze (2:2) and Moldovan Vasile Diako (1:1) on the last points principle, while he did not give Serbian Milyan Rajic any chance - 3:0.

Vusal, who was in Group B, lost to Ukrainian Vasil Mikhailov with a score of 1:3 in the first round, but won a technical victory over injured Frenchman Hugo Cueno in the next round. In the last round, he defeated Greek Christos Christoforidis with a score of 4:0.

Dadashov advanced to the semifinals as the group leader, while Aliyev as the second place holder. On the verge of the final, our representatives faced each other and defeated Vusal Sahibi with a score of 3:2.

Dadashov defeated Zoidze with a score of 4:2 and won the bronze medal. Aliyev lost to Mikhailov in the final with a score of 2:3 and finished the competition with a silver medal.

90 kg

Ibrahim Yusubov defeated American Jacob Bumgardner (3:0), Greek Mikhail Akritidis (3:1) and Georgian Davit Khutsishvili (3:2) in Group A. Our experienced wrestler, who qualified for the semifinals as the group leader, also showed his strength against American Jabari Irons - 4:1. Yusubov defeated Ukrainian Oleksiy Yakovchuk with a score of 2:1 in the final and became the champion.

After the final stage of the World Series was completed, the points earned by the wrestlers in all 5 stages were calculated and the final 3rd place in each weight was determined. As a result, Vusal Aliyev, who made his debut in beach wrestling this year, became the world champion in the 80 kg category. Ibrahim Yusubov achieved the same result in the 90 kg category. Thus, our experienced wrestler became a 4-time world champion.

It should be noted that for the first time in one season, 2 of our representatives won the title of world champion in beach wrestling among adults.