In last two weeks Chechen sportsmen acquired successful results on judo and wrestling.

19-year old Vadud Balatkhanov  won the gold at the European Junior Judo Championships U60kg in Tartu, Estonia on April 17-18. Vadud, son of well-known Chechen painter Vaharsolt Balatkhanov, fighted in Finnish national team. After this victory, Vadud took over the fifth place of European Judo Union’s Ranking List with his 76 points.

On April 18, Muslim Kantayev attended the youth wrestling championship of Germany in Berlin. There were more than 200 athletes among juniors between 9 and 17 years old. Muslim fought five times and didn’t give any chance to his rivals. He won the golden medal. On April 24, Muslim Kantayev was also fighted in Rimbach at Germany wrestling championship among school teams. His school team from Taucha town of Leipzig won the bronze medal.

On April 25, Germany’s Nackenheim city hosted the 15th International Karl Von Steiger Wrestling Tournament. This year 184 wrestler among 6-20 years old boys and girls from 29 sports club attended the tournament. Our 10 citizenship took place in the name of Belgian sports club “Raeren 2006”. The results of Chechen wrestlers:

Mansur Vagabov, Age Group: 6-8, 19 Kg, Golden Medal
Radzhab Magomedov, Age group: 6-8, 21 Kg, Golden Medal
Salman Aliyev, Age Group: 9-14, 31 Kg, 4th place
Dzhokhar Gambulatov, Age Group: 9-14, 38 Kg, Silver Medal
Rakhman Magomedov, Age Group: 9-14, 38 Kg, 5th place
Imam Vagabov, Age Group: 9-14, 38 Kg, 9th place
Islam Saydulayev, Age Group: 9-14, 46 Kg, Bronze Medal
Rakhim Magomedov, Age Group: 9-14, 46 Kg, 4th place
Shamil Dzhantemirov, Age Group: 9-14, 63 Kg, Silver Medal