The Moldovan athletes won a new medal at the European Olympic Games taking place in Baku. Piotr Ianulov won silver in freestyle wrestling, in the 86 kg class, IPN reports.

In the final, Ianulov was beaten by Russia’s Abdulrashid Sadulaev. Before reaching the final, he won four victories: 3-1 against Finland’s Ville Heino; 3-0 against Aliaksandr Hushtyn of Belarus; 3-1 again Hungary’s Istvan Veber, and 3-1 against Georgia’s Sandro Aminashvili. In the final, Ianulov had no chance before the current world and European champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev. This needed 1.38 minutes to win the gold medal.

Moldova has so far won three medals at the European Olympic Games in Baku. Earlier, Svetlana Saenko and Alexandru Chirtoaca won bronze also in freestyle wrestling.