PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV SEES SEMIFINAL WINS OF AZERBAIJANI WRESTLERS AT BEIJING OLYMPICS

Baku, 12 AUGUST,(AzerTAj)President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva watched Greco-roman wrestling semifinals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday as Azerbaijani wrestler Vitaliy Rahimov (60 kg) beat 10:2 Bulgarian rival of Armenian origin, two-fold Olympic champion Armen Nazarian and Rovshan Bayramov (55 kg) outclassed 11:3 Armenian wrestler Roman Amoyan.

After Rovshan Bayramov`s win, Armenian President Serj Sarkisian congratulated
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Officials of the international Wrestling Federation, Head of the Russian Physical
Culture and Sport Agency, Olympic Champion Vyacheslav Fetisov also congratulated
Azerbaijani leader.