The Israeli team continued today (Tuesday) its participation in the European Wrestling Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary, when the freestyle competitor Yuri Kalashnikov lost in the quarterfinals.
Kalashnikov, a bronze medalist from the Under-23 World Championships, competing in the 86kg weight class, faced Hungarian Patrick Posfoki in the quarterfinals, with the Israeli dominating throughout the fight, finishing the first round with 0: 3, doubling the result in the second round, while That he throws his opponent who even slightly injured and won 0: 6 lightly.
In the quarterfinals, he was met by Miles Amin, a Michigan native in the United States who began representing San Marino in 2016 and won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, when he was big on Kalashnikov and defeated him 11-0, hoping his opponent would advance to the finals, leaving him a chance to compete for a bronze medal.
In the weight class up to 74 kg, Mitchell Finsilver met Turkish sonar Dmiters a bronze medalist from the 2016 Rio Olympics, and lost to him 7: 2.
In the coming days, a number of other Israeli athletes, including freestyle, Greco-Roman and women, will compete, the debut of Natalia Shapir, the new immigrant from Ukraine, who recently received permission to compete in the blue-and-boys uniform.
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