Jabrayil Hasanov, who has been appointed the coach of the Azerbaijani freestyle wrestling team, said this in a statement on the federation's official website, Offsideplus.az reports.

The 31-year-old former wrestler, who ended his career, said he was unable to compete in the continental championship at full capacity due to injury. I believe that I will continue to work as a coach. I thank the vice-president of the federation Namig Aliyev for appointing me to this position. I will do my best to justify my confidence as a coach. "

According to Hasanov, the greatest dream of every athlete is to become an Olympic champion: "Although I was not lucky, I won an Olympic medal. I consider third place at the Rio Olympics the greatest success of my career. In fact, I could achieve the same result in London. But I made a mistake a few seconds before the end and lost. It was the most disappointing match. The most principled opponent of my career was the Russian Aniuar Geduyev. We met him in various competitions. "

Team's former captain Sharif Sharifov, the əvəzləməsinə also touched on the "Sheriff of Olympic, world and European champion. This is the conclusion of the signing of the only wrestlers. Hopefully, the captain of the company, but for our team helpful it is. Hopefully, our team at the Olympic Games successfully addressed the flag raises".