Azerbaijani Wrestlers Strike Gold at Dakar Youth Olympics

Jerusalem, 9 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- Baku (AZERTAC) – Azerbaijan’s national boys’ beach wrestling team became champions at the Summer Youth Olympic Games held in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

According to the information provided to AZERTAC by the National Olympic Committee, Tunar Guliyev (70 kilograms) and Elgun Karimli (90 kilograms) won gold medals and became the Youth Olympic champions. Nihad Suleymanli (80 kilograms) won the silver medal.

The Azerbaijani team took first place in the team standings with 70 points.

The Georgian team came in second with 61 points, while the Senegalese national team came in third with 58 points.