Asian Championships 2024 Entry List

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 18:12 By United World Wrestling Press

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (April 3) -- The Asian Championships will return to Bishkek after six years with 366 wrestlers scheduled to compete at the April 11-16 event in the Kyrgyzstan capital.

Across the 30 weight classes, 13 returning champions are entered with only one -- Ibragim MAGOMADOV (KAZ) -- moving from 72kg to 77kg in Greco-Roman. Freestyle has four returning championships, Women's Wrestling has two and Greco-Roman has seven.

Japan will send a strong team to the Asian Championships led by Yui SUSAKI (JPN). Four of the six wrestlers for Japan's Paris Olympics team are set to compete in women's wrestling.

For the hosts, world champions Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) and Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) will look to win gold medals in front of the home crowd. Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) is also entered at 76kg.

World champion and defending Asian champion Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) will be wrestling at 97kg and will look to earn his second gold medal at the Asian Championships.

This tournament will also mark the first competition with Indian wrestlers competing under the country's name and flag after United World Wrestling lifted the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India last month.

Freestyle

57kg
Weiyu LI (CHN)
UDIT (IND)
Ebrahim KHARI (IRI)
Khattab AL ANI (IRQ)
Kento YUMIYA (JPN)
Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)
Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)
Changjun PARK (KOR)
Zanabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL)
Muhammad BILAL (PAK)
Kum Hyok KIM (PRK)
Gayan KATHURANGANA (SRI)
Aiaal BELOLYUBSKII (TJK)
Kabe MATJANOV (TKM)
Nodirbek JUMANAZAROV (UZB)

61kg
Zhipeng JIANG (CHN)
Akash DAHIYA (IND)
Reza ATRI (IRI)
Kaisei TANABE (JPN)
Assyl AITAKYN (KAZ)
Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
Sanghyeon SON (KOR)
Enkhbold ENKHBAT (MGL)
Alvin LOBREGUITO (PHI)
Ali ABURUMAILA (PLE)
Kum Chol RI (PRK)
Tharindu CHANDRASEKARA (SRI)
Dzhamshed SHARIFOV (TJK)
Amir HAMAYUN (TKM)
Sardor RUZIMOV (UZB)
Ibrahim GUZAN (YEM)

65kg
Baowen WEI (CHN)
ROHIT (IND)
Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)
Mohammed KAREEM (IRQ)
Masanosuke ONO (JPN)
Sanzhar MUKHTAR (KAZ)
Ulukbek ZHOLDOSHBEKOV (KGZ)
Seonho YOO (KOR)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Muhammad ABDULLAH (PAK)
Abdullah ASSAF (PLE)
Hyon Song HAN (PRK)
Divoshan CHARLES FERNANDO (SRI)
Kamol BEGAKOV (TJK)
Jelaletdin SEYIDOV (TKM)
Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB)

70kg
Shijian ZHOU (CHN)
ABHIMANYOU (IND)
Amirmohammad YAZDANI (IRI)
Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN)
Meirzhan ASHIROV (KAZ)
Alibek OSMONOV (KGZ)
Seungchul LEE (KOR)
Chinzorig TSERMAA (MGL)
Fierre AFAN (PHI)
Yan LEE (SGP)
Mustafo AKHMEDOV (TJK)
Perman HOMMADOV (TKM)
Begijon KULDASHEV (UZB)

74kg
Yi LI (CHN)
YASH (IND)
Hossein ABOUZARIPASHKOLAEI (IRI)
Ali AL OBAIDI (IRQ)
Kota TAKAHASHI (JPN)
Syrbaz TALGAT (KAZ)
Kanat KERIMBEKOV (KGZ)
Sangho HAN (KOR)
Batbayar BATSUKH (MGL)
Muhammad ULLAH (PAK)
Yong Nam SO (PRK)
Mark PETER (SGP)
Madushanka LAKMAL (SRI)
Viktor RASSADIN (TJK)
Alp BEGENJOV (TKM)
Zafarbek OTAKHONOV (UZB)

79kg
Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN)
Nan CAO (CHN)
Parvinder SINGH (IND)
Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
Erzo ISAKOV (JOR)
Ryunosuke KAMIYA (JPN)
Azamat OMURZHANOV (KAZ)
Adilet MARATBAEV (KGZ)
Bumgue SEO (KOR)
Byambadorj ENKHBAYAR (MGL)
Muhammad TAHIR (PAK)
Magomet EVLOEV (TJK)
Gurbanmyrat OVEZBERDIYEV (TKM)
Asomiddin HASANOV (UZB)

86kg
Vuthy HENG (CAM)
Peilong LI (CHN)
Sandeep MANN (IND)
Hadi VAFAEIPOUR (IRI)
Mustafa AL OBAIDI (IRQ)
Tatsuya SHIRAI (JPN)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Atai IZABEKOV (KGZ)
Gyeongyeon LEE (KOR)
Batbilguun NAADAMBAT (MGL)
Haider BUTT (PAK)
Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM)
Javrail SHAPIEV (UZB)

92kg
Magomed SHARIPOV (BRN)
Suhe GANG (CHN)
VINAY (IND)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)
Issa AL OBAIDI (IRQ)
Satoshi MIURA (JPN)
Adilet DAVLUMBAYEV (KAZ)
Nurtilek KARYPBAEV (KGZ)
Jinmyeong KIM (KOR)
Batzul DAMJIN (MGL)
Orazmuhammet HOJALYYEV (TKM)
Sherzod POYONOV (UZB)

97kg
Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
Tuerxunbieke MUHEITE (CHN)
VICKY (IND)
Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI)
Hibiki ITO (JPN)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Andrey ARONOV (KGZ)
Jeongwoo PARK (KOR)
Batzul ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL)
Muhammad INAM (PAK)
Badzha KHUTABA (SYR)
Shatlyk HEMELYAYEV (TKM)
Makhsud VEYSALOV (UZB)

125kg
Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN)
BUHEEERDUN (CHN)
Anirudh KUMAR (IND)
Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI)
Koki YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Abylay SOVET (KAZ)
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ)
Hyunsu HAN (KOR)
Odgerel BATKHISHIG (MGL)
Zaman ANWAR (PAK)
Omar SAREM (SYR)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Sardorbek KHOLMATOV (UZB)

Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) and Sakura MOTOKI (JPN) will clash for the third time with the Kyrgyz leading the head-to-head 2-0. (Photo: UWW / Kostadin Andonov)

Women’s Wrestling

50kg
Samnang DIT (CAM)
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
Shivani PAWAR (IND)
Yui SUSAKI (JPN)
Irina ZHANIBEKOVA BORISSOVA (KAZ)
Miseon KWON (KOR)
Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL)
Munkhgerel MUNKHBAT (MGL)
Jiah PINGOT (PHI)
Yong Ok HWANG (PRK)
Nipuni WASANA (SRI)
Ciao Yun LI (TPE)
Jasmina IMMAEVA (UZB)
Thi NGUYEN (VIE)

53kg
Chun LEI (CHN)
ANJU (IND)
Nagisa HARADA (JPN)
Ayazhan MARKASHEVA (KAZ)
Aizhan SABYRBEK KYZY (KGZ)
Yeji MIN (KOR)
Otgontuya CHINBOLD (MGL)
Aliah GAVALEZ (PHI)
Ji Hyang KIM (PRK)
Nethmi AHINSA (SRI)
Vatansulton SHAKARSHOEVA (TJK)
Lachyn ANNAMURADOVA (TKM)
Yi Jing CHEN (TPE)
Dilshoda MATNAZAROVA (UZB)
Thi NGUYEN (VIE)

55kg
Min ZHANG (CHN)
TAMANNA (IND)
Moe KIYOOKA (JPN)
Zulfiya YAKHYAROVA (KAZ)
Aruuke KADYRBEK KYZY (KGZ)
Jungeun LEE (KOR)
Dulguun MUNKHBOLD BOLORMAA (MGL)
Kyong OH (PRK)
Madina ARIPOVA (TKM)
Madina USMONJONOVA (UZB)

57kg
Yongxin FENG (CHN)
SARITA (IND)
Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Kalmira BILIMBEKOVA (KGZ)
Bogyeong KIM (KOR)
Gantuya ENKHBAT (MGL)
Hyon Ju YUN (PRK)
Ulmeken ESENBAEVA (UZB)

59kg
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Pushpa YADAV (IND)
Risako KINJO (JPN)
Diana KAYUMOVA (KAZ)
Tancholpon KYBALBEKOVA (KGZ)
Eunsu JEONG (KOR)
Anudari BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Dilfuza AIMBETOVA (UZB)

62kg
LILI (CHN)
MANISHA (IND)
Sakura MOTOKI (JPN)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)
Subeen JO (KOR)
Tserenchimed SUKHEE (MGL)
Arian CARPIO (PHI)
Su Gyong CHOE (PRK)
Miyasar KUSHMURATOVA (UZB)

65kg
Yaru WU (CHN)
ANTIM (IND)
Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Dilnaz SAZANOVA (KGZ)
Soobin KIM (KOR)
Enkhjin TUVSHINJARGAL (MGL)
Naziya JORAYEVA (TKM)
Dinora RUSTAMOVA (UZB)

68kg
Zelu LI (CHN)
RADHIKA (IND)
Nonoka OZAKI (JPN)
Albina KAIRGELDINOVA (KAZ)
Gulnura TASHTANBEKOVA (KGZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Po Gyong RI (PRK)
Ariukhan JUMABAEVA (UZB)

72kg
Qian JIANG (CHN)
HARSHITA (IND)
Sumire NIIKURA (JPN)
Anastassiya PANASSOVICH (KAZ)
Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ)
Jiseon LEE (KOR)
Bolortungalag ZORIGT (MGL)
Oguljan EGEMBERDIYEVA (TKM)
Ozoda ZARIPBOEVA (UZB)

76kg
Yuanyuan HUANG (CHN)
PRIYA (IND)
Yasuha MATSUYUKI (JPN)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)
Seoyeon JEONG (KOR)
Zagardulam NAIGALSUREN (MGL)
Hui Tsz CHANG (TPE)
Valentina TORENIYAZOVA (UZB)

World champion Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) will look to defend his 130kg Greco-Roman title. (Photo: UWW / Sachiko Hotaka)

Greco-Roman

55kg
HUSIYUETU (CHN)
Arjun HALAKURKI (IND)
Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)
Sajjad ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Kagetora OKAMOTO (JPN)
Nurzat KABDYRAKHIMOV (KAZ)
Ulan MURATBEK UULU (KGZ)
Taemin KIM (KOR)
Yu Chol RO (PRK)
Alexander CUEVAS (SGP)
Abduvali RAHIMBAYEV (TKM)
Jasurbek ORTIKBOEV (UZB)

60kg
Liguo CAO (CHN)
SUPARMANTO (INA)
PRAVESH (IND)
Amirreza DEHBOZORGI (IRI)
Ali ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Kaito INABA (JPN)
Galym KABDUNASSAROV (KAZ)
Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)
Seunghak KIM (KOR)
Hassan ALHARTHI (KSA)
Baljinnyam TSEVEENRAVDAN (MGL)
Mark OLIVEROS (PHI)
Hyok SONG (PRK)
Aslamdzhon AZIZOV (TJK)
Umit DURDYYEV (TKM)
Jui Chi HUANG (TPE)
Ilkhom BAKHROMOV (UZB)

63kg
Haodong TAN (CHN)
UMESH (IND)
Iman MOHAMMADI (IRI)
Karrar ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Ayata SUZUKI (JPN)
Yerzhet ZHARLYKASSYN (KAZ)
Dastan KADYROV (KGZ)
Dokyung JUNG (KOR)
Rayan B HAWSAWI (KSA)
Chan KIM (PRK)
Walid HINDI (QAT)
Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB)

67kg
Lei LI (CHN)
Muhammad ALIANSYAH (INA)
Vinayak PATIL (IND)
Saeid ESMAEILI LEIVESI (IRI)
HARUTO YABE (JPN)
Almatbek AMANBEK (KAZ)
Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ)
Hanjae CHUNG (KOR)
Saud ALSUBAIE (KSA)
Ganbayar NAMSRAI (MGL)
Jason BAUCAS (PHI)
Man Gwang SON (PRK)
Firuz MIRZORAJABOV (TJK)
Rovshen ATDAYEV (TKM)
Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)

72kg
Ji LENG (CHN)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Mohammadreza ROSTAMI (IRI)
Shingo HARADA (JPN)
Nikolay KHAPKO (KAZ)
Adilkhan NURLANBEKOV (KGZ)
Jiyeon LEE (KOR)
Ahmed BARAHMAH (KSA)
Mohamad ALOBEID (SYR)
Begmyrat NOBATOV (TKM)
Abdullo ALIEV (UZB)

77kg
Tongyu CHEN (CHN)
SAJAN (IND)
Amir Ali ABDI (IRI)
Ali ALABODA (IRQ)
Nao KUSAKA (JPN)
Ibragim MAGOMADOV (KAZ)
Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
Yeonghun NOH (KOR)
Temuulen ENKHTUYA (MGL)
Gadiel MISSO (SGP)
Bazargeldi EZIMOV (TKM)
Lai Hsing YAO (TPE)
Doniyorkhon NAKIBOV (UZB)

82kg
Rohit DAHIYA (IND)
Rasoul GARMSIRI (IRI)
Taizo YOSHIDA (JPN)
Yevgeniy POLIVADOV (KAZ)
Bekzat ORUNKUL UULU (KGZ)
Sejin YANG (KOR)
Mukhammadkodir RASULOV (UZB)

87kg
Chengwu WANG (CHN)
AJAY (IND)
Naser ALIZADEH (IRI)
Sultan EID (JOR)
Masato SUMI (JPN)
Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)
Atabek AZISBEKOV (KGZ)
Seunghwan LEE (KOR)
Turbold GANBOLD (MGL)
Aryan BIN AZMAN (SGP)
Sukhrob ABDULKHAEV (TJK)
Yhlas ABDURAZAKOV (TKM)
Rahimjon UZOKOV (UZB)

97kg
Houzhi HAO (CHN)
Narinder CHEEMA (IND)
Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)
Masayuki AMANO (JPN)
Iussuf MATSIYEV (KAZ)
Beksultan MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
Jeongyul KWON (KOR)
Badamdorj BALTMUNKH (MGL)
Mirzoamin SAFAROV (TJK)
Amanberdi AGAMAMMEDOV (TKM)
Abdikodir JALILOV (UZB)

130kg
Lingzhe MENG (CHN)
Mehar SINGH (IND
Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)
Ali AL SHARUEE (IRQ)
Keita KOBAYASHI (JPN)
Mansur SHADUKAYEV (KAZ)
Erlan MANATBEKOV (KGZ)
Minseok KIM (KOR)
Ganzolboo BUYANTOGTOKH (MGL)
Eduard BABENOSHEV (TJK)
Aybegshazada KURRAYEV (TKM)
Islomjon RAKHMATOV (UZB)

2026 U17 World Championships

U17 World Championships 2026 Day 6 Freestyle Highlights

Saturday, August 1, 2026 - 06:38 By Vinay Siwach

BAKU, Azerbaijan (August 1) -- The day six of the U17 World Championships will be all Freestyle with action in 45kg, 51kg, 60kg, 81kg and 92kg weight classes. The matches will go on till semifinals before the medal bouts of Friday's weight classes.

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15:15: Rylen WAX (USA) takes another step towards winning gold after he beats Aryn ZHANAT (KAZ), 8-6, 45kg. Zhanat hit a four-pointer to lead 5-4 at the start of the second period but Wax with a takedown to make it 6-5. Zhanat threatened to score the match winning takedown but Wax whizzed him for a two before a reversal but was safe to win the bout and reach the semifinal.

15:08: Ibrahim HASANOV (AZE) gets one back for Azerbaijan as he beats GOVIND (IND), 10-3 at 51kg. He scored an early takedown and turned Govind twice to lead 6-1. Govind played catch up for the remaining time as Hasanov would sit after grabbing the leg and defend his lead.

15:05: Mahdi DAMERCHELI (IRI) scored two takedowns to Marko KVASNIUK (UKR) one and wins the battle 5-2 and enters the semifinals at 45kg.

15:00: Marshall EVERETT (GBR) is into the 92kg semifinals after an 11-0 blanking of Amirbek FAZLITDINOV (UZB). Everett with a strong performance and he will now wrestle for a medal for Great Britian

14:55: Salah TSARNI (USA) puts on a masterclass to beat Shu YOSHIDA (JPN) at 92kg. Tsarni scores easy takedowns before hitting a big four-pointer. He then trips Yoshida for another four for a 12-0 win.

14:51: SITENDER (IND) returns to the semifinals at the World Championships after he beats Shai SABAG (ISR) at 60kg. He uses the trap arm gut to finish a 10-0 win.

14:50: Aryn ZHANAT (KAZ) rolls to a 10-0 win over Siarhei LAUZHEL (BLR) in a minute and 15 seconds to enter the quarterfinals at 45kg.

14:40: A challenge saves Reza SHAMSIPOUR (IRI) at 71kg! After leading 5-0, Shamsipour gave up four points in the last 30 seconds and then Adilet RYSBAY (KAZ) scored the match winning points to claim 6-5 victory. But Iran challenges and wins it as Rysbay had committed a foul. An ecstatic Shamsipour could not controlled his happiness

14:20: Bonkers match on Mat A between Davit MDZEVASHVILI (GEO) and Taha GANJEH (IRI). Mdzeashvili took a 6-0 lead which Ganjeh erased and scored 10 points. However Mdzevashvili scored a four-pointer and took a 10-10 criteria lead with 30 seconds left. Ganjeh did not give up and used a lift to get two points and Mdzeashvili scored a reversal. Ganjeh led 12-11 when time expired but Georgia challenged. On review, it was clear that Mdzeashvili got a two-point exposure and not a reversal for one point, making him a 12-12 winner at 60kg

14:03: SITENDER (IND), the defending champion at 60kg, beats Mardan ORYNBASSAR (KAZ), 13-3 and advances to the quarterfinals. Sitender with two four point throws in the match

13:55: Rylen WAX (USA), who won the gold medal at 45kg in Greco-Roman, begins his Freestyle campaign with a 14-3 win over Hanumant JADHAV (USA). Wax with some big throws using the headpinch as Jadhav struggled to even stand his ground

13:50: Mahdi DAMERCHELI (IRI) has no trouble seeing off Aldar BADMAEV (RUS) at 45kg. The U17 Asian champion had Badmaev in all sorts of trouble, majorly circling around and scoring takedowns. A 9-2 win for the Iranian.

13:30: Marshall EVERETT (GBR) with some solid counters against Yasin ERTURK (TUR) as he moves on at 92kg after a 6-2 win

13:20: Reza SHAMSIPOUR (IRI) on a roll here! Typical Iranian wrestling of pressuring his opponent and Camryn HOWARD (USA) has no answers. Shamsipour wins 8-1 and advances at 71kg

12:56: Abdurazak SHABANOV (RUS) stops after his third turn against Anatoli TAMAROVICH (BLR) thinking he has done enough to beat the Belarus wrestler at 92kg. But he was only up 8-0 so he scores one more takedown soon after to complete a 10-0 victory

12:52: U17 European silver medalist Ali DADAEV (FRA) takes his time but beats Johnson TSAKIRAKIS (AUS) at 92kg, 12-2.

12:50: Shota FUJIWARA (JPN) and Joseph BURKE (USA) with some great wrestling at 60kg. Fujiwara was up 3-2 at the break but Burke with a Burroughs-like double-leg attack and turn to lead 6-3. However, Fujiwara counters and lifts Burke and dumps him for four points to lead 7-6. He scores a takedown and a stepout to win the bout 10-6

12:30: SAKSHAM (IND) continues the winning run of India wrestlers over Azerbaijan wrestler as he beats Elgun KARIMLI (AZE) at 92kg, 5-5 on criteria. Karimli led 4-4 on criteria before scoring a stepout in the second period to make it 5-4. Saksham found no way to score but got a stepout with 3 seconds left to win the bout.

12:15: Exceptional wrestling from U17 Asian silver medalist Masamune USHIMADO (JPN) who completes a 10-0 win over Yigit EGEMEN (TUR) at 51kg. A series of sweep singles are unanswered by Egemen and Ushimado manages to complete all five takedowns.

11:55: Said NABIEV (TJK) with a stunning 12-1 win over Evan RESTIVO (USA) at 51kg. Difficult result for the U.S. after none of its wrestlers made the finals on Friday

11:40: Defending champion at 60kg SITENDER (IND) begins with an 11-0 blanking of Sufjan SINANI (MKD). Sitender led 1-0 after Sinani was called passive and then he scored a takedown and four turns in the second period to complete the victory.

11:25: Tunar GULIYEV (AZE) is not happy after a challenge decision is given against him. The Azerbaijan wrestler led 2-0 against Adilet RYSBAY (KAZ) but the Kazakhstan wrestler scored a takedown to lead 2-2 on criteria. Guliyev challenged asking for two points for himself but on review, there were no points and a cautioned point was docked from Guliyev for biting Rysbay. Dramatic emotions from Guliyev as he is unable to process the result

11:20: Koichiro NAGAI (JPN) with a smile on his face after he scores a late takedown to beat Joab CARRILLO (PUR), 6-4, and win his 71kg bout

11:10: Reza SHAMSIPOUR (IRI) begins with an 8-4 win over Jaloliddin DJALALOV (UZB) in the wide-open 71kg weight class. Down 2-0, Shamsipour switches with a head-outside single and scores a takedown and turn to lead 4-2. He begins the second period with a takedown as well before fumbling one attack and Djalalov makes it count. But Shamsipour, leading 6-4, is happy to defend. He got one more takedown at the end to finish the bout.

11:00: Orel BENOGUEV (ISR) had no business winning the 71kg bout against Mohamed HAFEZ (EGY) who dominant it throughout. But Benoguev used a headlock for throw and then pinned Hafez when trailing 11-5.

10:30: As usual, the repechage rounds will begin the day before moving to the qualification rounds of the five weight classes.

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U17 World Championships 2026 Day 6 Freestyle Highlights