Azerbaijan add seventh gold to medal count

Azerbaijan have added seventh gold to the Baku 2015 medal count as Mariya Stadnyk emerged victorious over Bulgaria's Elitsa Yankova in the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling competition.

She won early in the second round against Yankova.

On the way to the final, Stadnyk defeated Portuguese Liliana Santos, French Julie Sabatie and Polish Iwona Matkowska.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife, chairperson of the Baku 2015 First European Games Organizing Committee Mehriban Aliyeva watched the final game.

2015-06-16 / 00:00
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