Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestlers became third in world ranking

Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ World Wrestling Association published the first list of 2017's rankings according to results of year 2016.

Report informs referring to the official website of the Azerbaijani Wrestling Federation, 9 representatives from Azerbaijan are included in Greco-Roman wrestling rating list. 7 of them were included in the top ten.

Bronze medal winners in Rio de Janeiro last year Rasul Chunayev (66 kg), ranked 3rd, Sabah Shariati (130 kg) - 4th. Bronze medalist in world championship Hasan Aliyev (71 kg) ranked 3rd.

The other wrestlers included in top ten are Rovshan Bayramov (59 kg) ranked 6th, Rafik Huseynov (80 kg) - 7th, Elvin Mursaliyev (75 kg) and Islam Abbasov (85 kg) took 8th place.