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Here are the 10 finals from the freestyle competition of the U23 European Championships.
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria -- Azerbaijan brought a solid freestyle team to Plovdiv with World Championships medalist and some continental champions.
The team did not disappoint and won the team title over Turkey and Georgia at the U23 European Championships. All four wrestlers from Azerbaijan who reached the finals won gold medals.
Germany had their first U23 European champion in Horst LEHR (GER) at 57kg while a few more firsts were recorded in the tournament.
Here are the 10 freestyle finals from the U23 European Championships.
57kg - GOLD: Giorgi GEGELASHVILI (GEO) vs Horst LEHR (GER)
61kg - GOLD: Emrah ORMANOGLU (TUR) vs Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
65kg - GOLD: Hrachya MARGARYAN (ARM) vs Ziraddin BAYRAMOV (AZE)
70kg: GOLD - Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) vs Narek HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
74kg: GOLD - Krisztian BIRO (ROU) vs Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE)
79kg: GOLD - Evsem SHVELIDZE (GEO) vs Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)
86kg: GOLD - Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE) vs Lilian BALAN (MDA)
92kg: GOLD - Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR) vs Joshua MORODION (GER)
97kg: GOLD - Johannes MAYER (GER) vs Islam ILYASOV (AZE)
125kg: GOLD - Milan KORCSOG (HUN) vs Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
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