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Returning Freestyle World Champs Steveson, Fix Enter #Trnanva2018 Field

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 10:58 By Eric Olanowski

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TRNAVA, Slovakia (September 4) - Daton FIX (USA) and Gable STEVESON (USA), the duo of American returning champions lead a freestyle #Trnava2018 field that boasts 245 wrestlers from 40 different nations. 

Fix, the 55kg champion from a year ago enters the Junior World Championships at 57kg, while Steveson, the 120kg gold-medal winner enters at 125kg. 

Steveson will be looking for his fourth age-level world title. Since stepping on the international scene in 2015, Steveson has yet to drop a match on his way to claiming two Cadet World titles, and a Junior World gold medal. 

Fix, the three-time world medalist will be trying to win back-to-back Junior World titles while competing in his fifth age-level World Championship. Since taking tenth place at the 2014 Cadet World Championships, Fix has rallied to win two bronzes, and most recently, a gold medal. 

Freestyle action begins on Friday, September 21 and will close the Junior World Championships. 

ALB
65kg - Eriglent PRIZRENI 
125kg - Paris KAREPI 

ALG
57kg - Salah Eddine KATEB 
65kg - Fares LAKEL 
79kg - Oussama ABDELLAOUI 
97kg - Mohammed FARDJ 

ARM
57kg - Arsen HARUTYUNYAN
61kg - Vazgen TEVANYAN
65kg -  Gegham GALSTYAN
70kg -  Arman ANDREASYAN
74kg - Hrayr ALIKHANYAN 
79kg -  Arman AVAGYAN 
86kg -  Mher MARKOSYAN 
125kg - Hovhannes MAGHAKYAN 

AUT
74kg -Simon MARCHL
79kg -Benjamin GREIL

AZE
57kg -  Aliabbas RZAZADE 
61kg -  Intigam VALIZADA 
65kg -  Royal AGHAMALIYEV 
70kg -  Khadzhimurad GADZHIYEV 
74kg -  Ismail ABDULLAEV 
79kg -  Orkhan ABASOV 
86kg -  Magomed ASIYATILOV 
92kg -  Askhab HAMZATOV
97kg -  Alimagomed ALIKHMAEV 
125kg - Rahid HAMIDLI 

BLR
57kg -  Uladzislau KOIKA 
61kg -  Dzmitry HERASIMENKA 
65kg -  Mikita STRAKH 
70kg -  Aliaksandr KURYSHTA
86kg -  Arkadzi PAHASIAN 
92kg -  Vasil PAULIUCHENKA 
97kg -  Yaraslau SLAVIKOUSKI  
125kg - Uladzislau ASIPENKA

BUL 
61kg -  Alish Gyoksel ALISH 
65kg -  Nikola Delchev LEVENOV 
70kg -  Veselin Georgiev PETROV 
74kg -  Dzhemal Rushen ALI 
79kg -  Oktay Ruzhdi HASAN 
86kg -  Ivan Kostadinov STEFANOV
125kg - Daniel Milanov VESELINOV 

CAN 
57kg -  Brayden TODD 
61kg -  Marco PALERMO 
65kg -  Connor MCNEICE 
70kg -  Gunnar SALES
74kg - Ty BRIDGWATER 
86kg - Connor PATTISON 
92kg - Hunter LEE 
97kg -  Richard DESCHATELETS
125kg - Aly BARGHOUT 

CHN
57kg -  Wanhao ZOU 
61kg -  Minghu LIU 
65kg -  Chao ZHENG 
70kg -  Jun ZHAO 
74kg -  Yi LI 
79kg -  Gangsuhe GANGSUHE 
86kg -  Danan XU 
92kg -  Awusayiman HABILA 
97kg - Qirui BING 
125kg - Benxin DUAN 

Vojtech PISKOR (CZE), two-time World Team represenative. 

CZE
61kg -  David KOPRIVA 
86kg -  Vojtech PISKOR 
92kg -  Matous VONDAL 

EGY
57kg -  Gamal MOHAMED 
74kg -  Samy MOUSTAFA 
86kg -  Hassan FOUAD 

EST
65kg -  Marek KUETT 
74kg -  Erik REINBOK

FRA
61kg -  Arman ELOYAN 
79kg -  Charles AFA 

GEO
57kg -  Teimuraz VANISHVILI
61kg -  Ramaz TURMANIDZE
65kg -  Giorgi ELBAKIDZE        
70kg -  Iveriko JULAKIDZE       
74kg -  Goga MAMIAURI        
79kg -  Tornike KVINIKADZE   
86kg -  Demur MEGENEISHVILI          
92kg -  Beka NADASHVILI       
97kg -  Zuriko URTASHVILI     
125kg - Aleksi ZHORZHOLIANI

GER
57kg -  Horst Junior LEHR       
70kg -  Tino RETTINGER         
74kg -  Kevin LUCHT   
86kg -  Johannes DEML           
92kg -  Ertugrul AGCA

HUN
57kg -  Rajmund FARKAS        
70kg -  Botond GULYAS          
74kg -  Botond LUKACS          
79kg -  Milan MESTER
86kg -  Patrik SZUROVSZKI

Naveen NAVEEN (IND), Junior Asian runner-up. Photo by Sachiko Hotaka.

IND
57kg -  Naveen NAVEEN         
61kg -  Suraj Rajkumar KOKATE          
65kg -  Karan KARAN  
70kg -  Vishal KALIRAMANA   
74kg -  Sachin RATHI  
79kg -  Sachin GIRI      
86kg -  Deepak PUNIA
92kg -  Somveer SOMVEER    
97kg -  Hussain NASIR
125kg - Mohit MOHIT  

IRI
57kg -  Reza ALIJANZADEHJOUYBARI
61kg -  Mehdi ESHGHIVASOUKOLAEI
65kg -  Amirhossein MAGHSOUDI     
70kg -  Amirhossein KAVOUSI
74kg -  Ali SAVADKOUHI         
79kg -  Sajjad GHOLAMI         
86kg -  Seyedabolfazl HASHEMIJOUYBARI    
92kg -  Abbas Ali FOROUTANRAMI
97kg -  Sajad AZIZI      
125kg - Amir YARI        

ISR
79kg - David LABKOVSKY        
86kg -  Uri KALASHNIKOV       
125kg - Lior ALTSHULER          

JPN
57kg -  Daiki ARAKI
61kg -  Kodai OGAWA
65kg -  Takuma TANIYAMA    
70kg -  Jintaro MOTOYAMA   
74kg -  Yuto MIWA     
79kg -  Hayato ISHIGURO      
86kg -  Shutaro YAMADA        
92kg -  Takuma OTSU
92kg -  Shohei YAMAZAKI       
97kg -  Hiroto NINOMIYA       
125kg - Akiho MORI / Kota TOYAMA  

Serik BAKYTKHANOV (KAZ), Junior Asian runner-up. Photo by Sachiko Hotaka.

KAZ
57kg -  Rakhat KALZHAN        
61kg -  Syrbaz TALGAT           
65kg -  Kuanysh DUISENKUL  
70kg -  Nurkozha KAIPANOV  
74kg -  Aibar ZHYLKAIDAROV
79kg -  Daniyar MELDEBEK     
86kg -  Aslan DZICOEV            
92kg -  Alisher YERGALI          
97kg -  Serik BAKYTKHANOV  
125kg - Omar EYUBOV

KOR
57kg -  Hyeonsu CHO  
61kg -  Minsu CHO      
65kg -  Sangho HAN   
70kg -  Jinwoo MOON
74kg -  Gihwan LEE     
79kg -  Jaegyun GO     
86kg -  Jayong JIN       
92kg -  Myeongseok CHOO    
97kg -  Hyunsu HAN   
125kg - Ki Bum KIM     

KSA
57kg -  Tuorki HAZOAZI
61kg -  Hassan M WADDAN       

LTU
65kg -  Gytis JOVAISA
79kg -  Dominykas VILIUSIS    

MDA
57kg -  Ion BUTNARU
61kg -  Leomid COLESNIC       
65kg -  Nicolai GRAHMEZ       
70kg -  Vasile DIACON
74kg -  Piotr CARASENI
79kg -  Andrian GROSUL        
86kg -  Ivan NEDEALCO           
92kg -  Gheorghe ERHAN
125kg - Samhan JABRAILOV    

BYAMBASUREN Bat-Erdene (MGL), Junior Asian runner-up. Photo by Sachiko Hotaka.

MGL
57kg -  Tumentsogt BOLD       
61kg -  Jamsranjav DUGERKHOROL   
65kg -  Bud BATBAATAR        
70kg -  Tergel TUMURKHUYAG          
74kg -  Bat-Erdene BYAMBASUREN   
79kg -  Tserendash BAASANDORJ      
92kg -  Altangerel CHINBAT   
97kg -  Mungunshagai TUMURBAT   
125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR     

MKD
65kg -  Fati VEJSELI     

PAK
70kg -  Ghulam GHOUS          
97kg -  Haroon ABID   

POL
61kg -  Karol Jakub CZEGUS   
70kg -  Szymon WOJTKOWSKI           
74kg -  Pawel Tomasz MALICKI           
79kg -  Jakub SZYMULA          
86kg -  Michal Jan BIELAWSKI
92kg -  Matthew WROBLEWSKI         
125kg - Jakub BRYLEWSKI       

RSA
61kg -  Frederik NORTJE         
74kg -  Matthew BARTLETT   

RUS
57kg -  Akhmed IDRISOV        
61kg -  Abasgadzhi MAGOMEDOV     
65kg -  Saiyn KAZYRYK
70kg -  Razambek ZHAMALOV           
74kg -  Devid BETANOV         
79kg -  Aslanbek GVARAMIIA
86kg -  Alik SHEBZUKHOV      
92kg -  Khokh KHUGAEV
97kg -  Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV           
125kg - Soslan KHINCHAGOV  

SUI
57kg -  Nino LEUTERT
70kg -  Tobias PORTMANN

SVK
61kg -  Pavol RAPCAN
65kg -  Balazs HAKSZER         
70kg -  Daniel CHOMANIC      
74kg -  Martin HORINEK         
79kg -  Christopher BEDNARIK           
92kg -  Dominik PECHA           
97kg -  Viliam OROSS

TKM
65kg -  Perman HOMMADOV
86kg -  Azat GAJYYEV
97kg -  Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV     

TPE
61kg -  Chia Hung CHANG      
74kg -  Hsiang-Wei WENG     

TUR
57kg -  Ahmet TAS      
61kg -  Ertugrul KAHVECI        
65kg -  Ahmet Salim YIGIT     
70kg -  Hasan KAYA    
74kg -  Isa DEMIR        
79kg -  Ramazan Ishak SARI   
86kg -  Arif OZEN        
92kg -  Erhan YAYLACI
97kg -  Feyzullah AKTURK       
125kg - Oktay GUNGOR          

UAE
125kg -Bader ALALI     

UKR
57kg -  Andrii DZHELEP           
61kg -  Ihor NYKYFORUK        
65kg -  Denys BOROHAN       
70kg -  Stepan LYLYK  
74kg -  Mahomed HADZHYMAHOMEDOV     
79kg -  Adlan BATAIEV           
86kg - Andrii HYKA      
92kg -  Oleksandr BYKANOV  
97kg -  Ruslan HEORHIIEV      
125kg - Yurii IDZINSKYI            

Aaron BROOKS (USA), 2017 Cadet World champion. Photo by Martin Gabor.

USA
57kg -  Brandon COURTNEY    
57kg -  Daton FIX          
61kg -  Josh SAUNDERS     
65kg -  Domonick DEMAS         
70kg -  Brady BERGE      
74kg -  Mekhi LEWIS     
79kg -  Aaron BROOKS
86kg -  Lou DEPREZ        
92kg -  Jacob WARNER     
97kg -  Daniel KERKVLIET JR
125kg - Gable STEVESON

UZB
57kg -  Gulomjon ABDULLAEV           
61kg -  Abbos RAKHMONOV 
65kg -  Ikhtiyor NORMURODOV         
86kg -  Davlatbek ASHUROV  
92kg -  Makhsud VEYSALOV   
125kg - Khasanboy RAKHIMOV          

Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 Day 4: Tazhudinov, Ghasempour lose

Friday, November 21, 2025 - 06:59 By Vinay Siwach

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (November 21) -- The final day at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 will see four Freestyle weight classes in action -- 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg. Every weight class has a world champion wrestling today.

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12:50: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) drops his semifinal against Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) 15-3. Aitmukhan with three exposure for six points in the second period. Tazhudinov struggled to finish his attacks. We have a Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) vs Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) final.

12:40: World silver medalist Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) with a lace to beat Rifat GIDAK (TUR) 11-0 and enter the final at 97kg.

12:37: Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE) reaches the 86kg final with an 5-1 win over Magomet EVLOEV (TJK) in the semifinal. Dzhioev will now take on Saipudunov for the gold medal.

12:33: Another Bahrain wrestler in the final as Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN) survives an late onslaught from Osman GOCEN (TUR) and wins 8-6 at 86kg. Gocen got a four-pointer which kept him in the match which was otherwise dominated by Saipudinov

12:30: Top match at 74kg semifinal as Younes EMAMI (IRI) holds off Norkhoza KAIPONOV (KAZ) 6-5. Kaiponov was up 4-1 and scored a stepout to make it 5-1. Emami got a stepout to make it 5-2 and a beautiful duckunder to close it to 5-4. He continued the action and used a gut-wrench to make it 6-5 with less than a minute remaining. He defended his lead to enter the final in which he will take on Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE)

12:22: Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE) with a takedown in the final 10 seconds to upset Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) who was leading 5-2 till the last 30 seconds. The takedown gave Novruzov a 5-5 criteria lead before Asluev tried to hit exposure. Novruzov got an counter exposure for the 7-5 win. 

12:15: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) is into the 125kg final after a 7-0 blanking of Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR) in the semifinal. Easy win for the world champion

12:11: World silver medalist Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE) goes down 7-6 against Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN) in the 125kg semifinal. Sharipov scored a four-pointer and led 5-0. But in Meshvildishvili comes back in the second period to make it 6-4 and needed three points for a win. He scored a takedown to make it 6-6 but was down on criteria. In the final 10 seconds, he was close to scoring two times but Sharipov managed to defend. A lost challenge gave him another point.

12:06: Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) downs Olympic bronze medalist Mogomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) 12-2 at 97kg. Aitmukhan with a four-pointer and three takedowns in his victory. Solid defense as well whenever Magomedov seemed threatening.

11:55: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with a cradle to get the fall over Abossolo CEDRIC (CMR) in the second period of his 97kg quarterfinal.

11:50: Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) wins his quarterfinal at 97kg against Muhammad GULZAR (PAK) 11-0 after three rolls from par terre. He will wrestle Rifat GIDAK (TUR) who defeated Oucif HOUSSEM (ALG) 13-2

11:42: After taking out Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI), Arsenii DHZIOEV (AZE) continues his winning run and enters the semifinal at 86kg with an 11-0 victory over Benferdjallah FATEH (ALG)

11:30: Younes EMAMI (IRI) with an strong defensive performance as he beats Orozbek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ), 5-2, at 74kg. Emami got a point every time he seemed passive in the match.

11:20: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) powers his way to a 10-0 victory over Arslanbek TURDUBEKOV (KGZ) at 125kg. World champion Zare is a strong favorite to win gold here.

11:18: Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) stops Shams QURAISHI (AFG) from more upsets but not after an incredible match. Quraishi managed to score 9 points on Asluev before dropping his bout 12-9

11:10: Olympic champion Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) opens his 97kg with an 11-1 technical superiority win over 92kg U20 world champion Sherzod POYONOV (UZB).

11:00: Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) works his incredible underhook and manages an easy 11-0 victory over Iqbal AHMADI (AFG) at 97kg. Azarpira is a world silver medalist from Zagreb.

10:50: Former world 92kg champion Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) makes it look easy rolling to a 10-0 win over Mohamed SALAHELDIN (EGY) at 97kg.

10:45: Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE) takes out Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) in the opening bout at 86kg. In a bout of two halves, Ghasempour got a takedown and passivity point in opening period before Dzhioev scored a takedown during Ghasempour's activity time to lead 3-3 on criteria with just over a minute left. Ghasempour tried a desperate leg attack at the end only to give a takedown and hand the win to Dzhioev

10:37: Osman GOCEN (TUR) hangs on for a 2-2 criteria win over Bobur ISLOMOV (UZB) at 86kg. It was a scramble in which both wrestlers were awarded two points each with Gocen getting it later and holding the criteria. No points were scored in the second period but both wrestler were involved in scrambles. Gocen manages to hold off and win.

10:33: Haider BUTT (PAK) led 3-0 against Farhad MALIK ZADA (AFG) and on the way to give Afghanistan it's first win of the tournament. However, Malik Zada with a comeback and beats the Pakistan wrestler 8-4 at 86kg.

10:25: Orozbek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ) took his own time but he manages to beat Khaireddine BEN TLILI (TUN), 11-1, in their 74kg. A four-pointer in the first period for Toktomambetov

10:15: Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ), one of the four world champs in action today, starts off with an 11-0 victory over Jafar CHULIBOYEV (UZB) at 74kg. He got a stepout before a takedown and four turns.

10:10: Afghanistan is really having a solid Games for itself. After some impressive wins yesterday and a fifth-place finish, Shams QURAISHI (AFG) gets a fall at 74kg against Omar MOURAD (EGY).

10:00: Last day of the ISG 2025 with four weight classes in Freestyle. Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) vs Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) likely to face in the 97kg.