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Freestyle Semifinal Matchups: 57kg, 70kg, 74kg, 92kg, 125kg

By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 16) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in freestyle at 57kg, 70kg, 74kg, 92kg and 125kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

57kg
Zavur UGUEV (RUS) vs. Rahman AMOUZADKHALILI (IRI) 
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) vs. Stevan MICIC (SRB)

70kg
Chermen VALIEV (RUS) vs. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) 
Haydar YAVUZ (TUR) vs. Islambek OROZBEKOV (KGZ)

74kg
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) vs. Razambek ZHAMALOV (RUS) 
Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) vs. Azamat NURYKAU (BLR)

92kg
Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RUS) vs. Arkadzi PAHASIAN (BLR) 
Georgii RUBAEV (MDA) vs. Gadzhimurad MAGOMEDSAIDOV (AZE)

125kg
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) vs. Robert BARAN (POL) 
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (BLR) vs. Shamil SHARIPOV (RUS)
 

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World Championships: Sadulaev forfeits, to undergo scans for neck injury

By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 19) -- Tokyo Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) will undergo medical scans on Tuesday for a neck injury that forced him to end the World Championships.

The 27-year-old flew to Moscow on Monday night soon after his 97kg semifinal retirement against Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with the Bahrain wrestler leading 9-2 at the World Championships.

The five-time world champion was expected to wrestle for a bronze medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete but the medical staff decided to not worsen the injury.

Sadulaev is suffering from a neck hernia, towards the end of his spinal cord. Medical scans will determine if it is a tumor or if Sadulaev can return to the mat without surgery.

He became the second Olympic champion to pull out of the World Championships repechage as 65kg champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) also pulled out due to a foot injury he has been carrying for one year.