Turkmen wrestlers win two medals at the Asian Championship among cadets

Turkmen freestyle wrestlers Alp Arslan Begenchev and Dovletgeldy Muradov won bronze medals at the Asian Championship among cadets (U-17), which was held from June 8 to 13 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). The ORIENT correspondent was informed about this in the Federation of this sport of the country.
Alp Arslan Begenchev on his way to the award in the weight category up to 71 kg in the preliminary round defeated Adilet Akylbekov from Kyrgyzstan - 13:8. In the next stage, the Turkmen athlete won the representative of Uzbekistan Asadbek Fayzullaev - 10:0.
Then losing in the semi-finals to Seidbolfazl Hosseini (Iran) - 2:12, Begenchev in the duel for the bronze medal broke the resistance of Bilgundalay Purevdagva (Mongolia) - 12:1, thus placing himself on the third step of the podium.
The Asian champion in this weight category was the Iranian Seidbolfazlu Hosseini, who defeated Nurdaulet Seilbekov in the final - 6:2. The second bronze medal went to Narender Narender from India, who defeated the representative of South Korea Yoonsu Lee - 14:4.
Dovletgeldy Muradov in weight up to 80 kg brought another bronze medal to the Turkmen national team.
The Turkmen wrestler at the quarterfinal stage was defeated by the Iranian Abulfazl Rahmani with a score of 4:0. However, having got into the round of "repechage" fights, Muradov defeated Byambador Enkhbat from Mongolia - 4:3, and in the fight for bronze won a confident victory over the representative of Kazakhstan Nurassyla Yerassyl - 5:0.
In this weight, the championship was issued by Abulfazl Rahmani from Iran. India's Saurab Yadav came in second. Another winner of the bronze award was How Yiyang (China).
The Asian Wrestling Championship (U-17) in Kyrgyzstan brought together more than 450 athletes from more than 30 countries of the world. Immediately after the completion of this tournament, SC "Bishkek Arena" will host a similar continental championship among wrestlers under 23 (U-23), which will continue until June 18. The national team of Turkmenistan will be represented by 24 athletes.
source: orient news