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Switzerland's Jolanda Neff won the first gold medal of the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday (13th June), leading the way in the women's cross-country mountain biking.

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Jolanda Neff wrote her name into the European Games history books on Saturday, becoming the first athlete to win a gold medal at the inaugural event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Switzerland's Neff blew away the competition in the women's cross-country mountain biking, crossing the finishing line in one hour, 31 minutes and five seconds.

Her compatriot Kathrin Stirnemann took second place, two minutes and three seconds off the winning pace, while Poland's Maja Wloszczowska collected the bronze medal.

Greco-Roman wrestling got underway on Saturday's first full day of competition.

Crowd favourite Rafig Huseynov beat Bulgaria's Daniel Aleksandrov 4-0 in the 80-kilogram division quarter-finals and went on to win his semi-final with Turkey's Selcuk Cebi by the same score.

Facing the Azerbaijani wrestler in the final will be Russian Evgeny Saleev, who beat Lithuanian Julius Matuzevicius 4-0 in the quarter-finals and Belarusian Viktar Sasunouski 4-1 in the last four.

Russia continue to lead the way in synchronised swimming, with Anisiya Neborako receiving a leading score of 89.1333 in Saturday's solo free routine preliminary round.

Spain made a winning to their men's water polo campaign.

Alvaro Granados Ortega led his side with six goals as the two-time former world champion beat Malta 22-4 in their opening game in Group D.