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LIVE BLOG: Senior Asian Championships, Day Two

By United World Wrestling Press

Day two of the Asian Championships in Almaty as Greco-Roman rolls into the second day of action. Five new Asian champions will be crowned on Wednesday in 60kg, 67kg, 72kg, 82kg and 97kg. DAY 1 FULL RECAP

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2020 hrs: GOLD MEDAL! Mehdi BALIHAMZEHDEH (IRI) claims the final gold medal of the day with a 9-5 win over Seungjun KIM (KOR). He is the Asian champion at 130kg

1950 hrs: GOLD MEDAL! Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) has done it! He gets the fall over Kalidin ASYKEEV (KGZ) and will be an Asian champion!

1930 hrs: GOLD MEDAL! Hansyu RYU (KOR) will win the gold medal at 72kg. The Tokyo Olympian shows why experience matters most. He beats Ruslan TSAREV (KGZ) 6-5

1930 hrs: Final bout of the 77kg as Hansyu RYU developing a big 5-0 lead but Tsarev comes back after to level it 5-5. Tsarev wants two for that lift. Challenges. The challenged is lost and Ryu leads 6-5.

1900 hrs: GOLD MEDAL! Big win for Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (JPN). He comes back from 0-4 to beat four-time world medalist Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) via fall. Huge win for the Japan wrestler

1830 hrs: GOLD MEDAL! Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ) avenges his lost from last year's Asian Championships and beats Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) 8-4

1800 hrs: Welcome back to the final session of day two at the Asian Championships. We will have five new champions 

1250 hrs: We are close to the semifinal bouts on day two. Mat A and Mat B will see all the action

1240 hrs: Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI) scripts an epic comeback after being thrown for a five-pointer. He beats  Azat SADYKOV (KAZ) 8-6 to advance to the semifinal

1235 hrs: Hansyu RYU (KOR) has a good outing in his first bout of the day. He storms to a technical superiority win over HORIE (JPN)

1210 hrs: Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ) goes back-to-back headlocks and drops Seunghak KIM (KOR) at the 60kg quarter-final. Technical superiority for the Kazak wrestler

1200 hrs: Iraq has a winner! Karrar Abbas Mukasr ALBEEDHAN (IRQ) with a fall over GYANENDER (IND) at 60kg to advance to the semifinal

1144 hrs: Stunning show from Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) on Mat B. He takes only 42 seconds to win 8-0 against Kuttubek ABDYKERIM UULU (KGZ)

1141 hrs: World Championships bronze medalist Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) does it in style. He beat the defending Asian champion Mahdi EBRAHIMI (IRI) at 82kg Round 1

1140 hrs: Interesting start to the day as Hyeonwoo KIM (KOR) pulls out injured in his first bout at 82kg against Yevgeniy POLIVADOV (KAZ)

1130 hrs: All set for day two of the Asian Championships as five more Greco-Roman weight categories will see the champions 

Wrestling Playlist: Best of Olympic champ Sidakov..

By United World Wrestling Press

Zaurbek SIDAKOV is undoubtedly one of the most clutch wrestlers in the world. From winning gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the three world titles, Sidakov has again and again won matches in dying seconds.

He managed to beat Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) in thrilling fashion, twice, during his world title runs in 2018 and 2019. He then defeated Kyle DAKE (USA) in a jaw-dropping final at the 2023 World Championships final.

While his 2025 season was marred by injuries, Sidakov still managed to win bronze at the World Championships and silver at the European Championships.

The playlist includes his win over Burroughs, his training at the European Championships and his bout against Chermen VALIEV (ALB).

WATCH THE SIDAKOV PLAYLIST HERE

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