ZAGREB, Croatia (April 19) -- The third day of the European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Women's wrestling will kick off with 50kg, 55kg, 59kg, 68kg and 76kg wrestlers taking the mat.

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FULL EUROPEAN C'SHIP SCHEDULE:
- 11:30 - Qualification rounds
- 16:45 - Semifinals
- 18:00 - Finals

Wednesday semifinal matchups:

50kg
Oksana LIVACH (UKR) vs. Miglena Georgieva SELISHKA (BUL) 
Anna LUKASIAK (POL) vs. Mariya STADNIK (AZE) 

55kg
Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) vs. Andreea Beatrice ANA (ROU) 
Annika WENDLE (GER) vs. Erika BOGNAR (HUN) 

59kg
Yuliia TKACH (UKR) vs. Alyona KOLESNIK (AZE) 
Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)  vs. Eda TEKIN (TUR) 

68kg
Alla BELINSKA (UKR) vs. Winner 217
Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) vs. Yuliana Vasileva YANEVA (BUL) 

76kg
Martina KUENZ (AUT) vs. Cynthia Vanessa VESCAN (FRA) 
Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Anastasiia OSNIACH (UKR) 

13:28: The morning session is rolling by. We only have five matches left and the session is done. The semifinal matches are listed above as they come in.

13:08: There's the upset of the day. Cynthia Vanessa VESCAN (FRA) just upset European champion Epp MAE (EST), 3-2, setting up a semifinal match against Martina KUENZ (AUT).

12:58: That was quick. Adar only needed 75 seconds to pick up the 10-0 win over Axente. She'll meet the winner of Agoro PAPAVASILEIOU (GRE)  Anastasiia OSNIACH (UKR) 

12:53: Mariya STADNIK (AZE) picked up her second win of the day, a 9-3 victory over Julie Martine SABATIE (FRA), but it wasn't in normal form. She didn't dominate and looked a little gassed after the bout.

Either way, she reached the semifinals, where she'll meet 2022 world bronze medalist Lukasiak.

12:37: World bronze medalist Anna LUKASIAK (POL) is on deck on Mat A. She'll wrestle Gabija DILYTE (LTU) for a spot in the 50kg semifinals. 

 

 

 

 

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12:35: Yasemin ADAR (TUR) kicks off her quest for a sixth European title in three matches on Mat B. She'll wrestle Catalina AXENTE (ROU). This'll be the first meeting of their careers.

12:22: That's a statement win from Yuliana Vasileva YANEVA (BUL). She just 10-0 blanked U23 world and European champion Nesrin BAS (TUR).

Turkiye is off to a rough start today. They've had two matches, with both ending in technical superiorty losses.

11:55: Four-time Olympic medalist Mariya STADNIK (AZE) returns to the European Championships and marks it with a 14-4 win over defending champion Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR). Stadnik is gunning for her eighth Euro gold medal.

11:30: Welcome to day three of the European Championships here in Zagreb. After the repechage rounds of freestyle, we jump right into the women's wrestling.

 

 

 

 

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