Nikos Karavanos competed in the 92 kg of Freestyle wrestling at the U17 European Championship, he performed a unique course and will claim the gold medal on Sunday!
The Greek champion faced the Hungarian Yusef Soliman in the round of 16. In a demanding match, Karavanos made a great effort and reached a 6-6 draw, which gave him the qualification. In the final seconds, Soliman made it 8-6, but Karavanos tied it again and took a big win for the quarterfinals.
There he faced Azero Farhad and destroyed him. In the matches for the quarterfinals, he was determined to qualify and left no room for Azero. Karavanos was in front of the score for most of the match and in the end celebrated the victory with the final 6-4.
In the semi-finals his opponent was the independent athlete Kantounou and Karavanos was not in the mood for jokes! He came in serious and with steel will leveled his opponent. By fall, he prevailed in the semi-final, secured a “ticket” for the final and on Sunday he will claim the gold medal.
On the same day, through repechages, Aik Kazarian will also claim a medal. The Greek champion faced Magomedov and was defeated. The independent athlete reached the final and Kazarian will have a second chance. He will face the German Keil and, if he wins, the Polish Kesi. If he scores a second victory, he will compete against the Ukrainian Kralias for the bronze medal.
Finally, Abraham Mustopoulos faced the Bulgarian Valentin Atanasov-Georgiev. Mustopoulos found himself trailing 2-0 and then 7-4 and, with time running out, was unable to overturn the score and eventually lost 7-5.
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