On the first day of the European Championship in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling among men and women, which began in the Bulgarian city of Varna, Ukrainian wrestlers won two medals.
Vasyl Fedoryshyn became the European champion in freestyle wrestling in the up to 60 kg weight category. In the final match, Fedoryshyn defeated the Frenchman Didier Pais with a score of 3:1. On the way to gold, the Ukrainian in the first bout defeated the Pole Horal Lukasz, in the second he overcame the Russian Alan Dudayev, and in the third the Moldovan Esir Ilie Vasile. Bronze medals in this weight category went to the Pole Horal Lukasz and the Macedonian Murad Ramazanov.
Volodymyr Syrotin also became a bronze medalist of the competition in the up to 74 kg category. In the bout for third place, Syrotin defeated David Akhalkmosulishvili from Georgia with a score of 3:1. Another bronze in this weight category goes to the Turk Ahmet Gulkan. Gold was won by the Bulgarian Nikolay Paslar and silver by the Russian Sergey Vitkovsky.
Vasyl Tysmentskyi had the opportunity to win bronze in the up to 96 kg weight category, but in the bout for third place he lost to Fatih Garoklu from Turkey.