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Azerbaijan’s Stadnik reaches quarterfinal in Rio Olympics

Baku, August 17, AZERTAC

Azerbaijan’s female wrestler Mariya Stadnik has progressed to the quarterfinal in the Rio Olympic Games.

Stadnik advanced to the last 8 after defeating Argentinian Patricia Alejandra Bermudez by great superiority in the opener.

She will next take on 34-year-old Polish Nina Iwona Matkowska.

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