#WrestleIstanbul

U17 World Championships entries

By Eric Olanowski

ISTANBUL, Türkiye (July 24) — Young stars will assemble in Istanbul beginning next week for the U17 World Championships, the first of the five in different age-groups.

Monday will see Greco-Roman action and it will be on Iran to lose the team title which they won in Rome, Italy last year.

The US, team title winners in 2022, will look to continue its success in World Championships. It will be challenged by India, winners of 2021. Azerbaijan, which almost won the tittle last year, will be in focus as well along with Iran and AIN teams.

Japan is sending a strong women’s wrestling squad and like always will be the favorite to win the team gold.

It will be interesting to see if India, which has taking huge strides in women’s wrestling in recent times, will be able to challenge Japan or not like it does at the continental level.

The U17 World Championships will be live on uww.org and the UWW App with all the bouts, highlights, interviews, news and photos.

 

Freestyle

45kg
Agashirin AGASHERINOV (AIN)
Gor BUNIATYAN (ARM)
Jafar JAFAROV (AZE)
Mate TSINADZE (GEO)
Dhanraj SHIRKE (IND)
Ahora Farhad KHATERI (IRI)
Atsuki MATSUURA (JPN)
Nurmukhamed TURDALY (KAZ)
Daniel NEGRU (MDA)
Buyanjargal BATMUNKH (MGL)
Frederick BACHMANN JR (PUR)
Azymberdi ASHYRGULYYEV (TKM)
Ebubekir GUR (TUR)
Ignacio VILLASENOR (USA)
Bobojon IBADULLAEV (UZB)

48kg
Ali SULTANOV (AIN)
Yahor MIKHAILAU (AIN)
Mihran SLOYAN (ARM)
Bashir VERDIYEV (AZE)
Gegi ONIANI (GEO)
RUPESH (IND)
Sam Reza SAYAR (IRI)
Lior SHMULKO (ISR)
Yamato FURUSAWA (JPN)
Yeraly ZHETPISSOV (KAZ)
Zakhidzhon MIRZAEV (KGZ)
Enkhkhuslen TUSHIGBAYAR (MGL)
Oliwier ORZECHOWSKI (POL)
Joseph BACHMANN (PUR)
Marian RUSU (ROU)
Dominick AOUN (RSA)
Efe KARATAS (TUR)
Paul KENNY (USA)
Abdumalik JALOLDINOV (UZB) 

51kg
Usman INDIRBAEV (AIN)
Sasha PETROSYAN (ARM)
Kristian CIKEL (AUT)
Sadraddin HASANOV (AZE)
Giorgi MAISURADZE (GEO)
ROHIT (IND)
Amirmohammad NAVAZI (IRI)
Yamato OGAWA (JPN)
Olzhas ZHAUYNBAYEV (KAZ)
Nurdoolot BEKBOLOTOV (KGZ)
Vladimir ICHIZLI (MDA)
Myanganbanzragch TUMENTOGTOKH (MGL)
Yandel MORALES (PUR)
Mokbel SAHLI (TUN)
Kahraman ESKI (TUR)
Christian CASTILLO (USA)
Abbos KUZIEV (UZB)

55kg
Akhmad MUSAKHADZHIEV (AIN)
Ilya KOSTSENICH (AIN)
Abdelghani AID (ALG)
Samvel GEVORGYAN (ARM)
Haji KARIMOV (AZE)
Oubayda ITAEV (FRA)
Danoush JOWKAR (GBR)
Arshak LULUKYAN (GEO)
Aik KAZARIAN (GRE)
ANKUSH (IND)
Amirreza TEYMORIZAD (IRI)
Ariya YOSHIDA (JPN)
Allan ORALBEK (KAZ)
Aktilek ZHOLDOSHBEK UULU (KGZ)
Inseong BAK (KOR)
Victor DRAGOMAN (MDA)
Naran BARKHAS (MGL)
Stefan STOJKOV (MKD)
Jaeden BROWN (NZL)
Jakub KESY (POL)
Derick MARTINEZ (PUR)
Roehan DU PLESSIS (RSA)
Azatberdi ASHYRGULYYEV (TKM)
Haci ZADE (TUR)
Marcus BLAZE (USA)
Shohrukhbek SAPOEV (UZB)

60kg
Iasin BERSANUKAEV (AIN)
Uladzislau VARABYOU (AIN)
Aren HAYRAPETYAN (ARM)
Jamal ABBASOV (AZE)
Daniel GURBOVIC (CZE)
Abdoullah NAKAEV (FRA)
Tengiz BARBAKADZE (GEO)
Nick ECKENBERGER (GER)
TUSHAR (IND)
Sajad PIRDAYEH (IRI)
Akito MAEHARA (JPN)
Yeraly ZHENISSOV (KAZ)
Omurbek ASAN UULU (KGZ)
Cristi CEBAN (MDA)
Gabriel SANCHEZ (MEX)
Zandanbat BATSAIKHAN (MGL)
Adrian SIKORA (POL)
Yandro SOTO RIVERA (PUR)
Bernardo SZILAGYI (ROU)
Petrus VAN DER WALT (RSA)
Bekjan RUSLANOV (TKM)
Vahid YILMAZ (TUR)
Benjamin DAVINO (USA)
Shamsiddin JUMABOEV (UZB)

65kg
Magomed ALIBAKHARCHIEV (AIN)
Aliaksandr KAMBAYEU (AIN)
Miguel ANTONIO (ANG)
Vladimir AZARYAN (ARM)
Mirzaagha AKHUNDOV (AZE)
Erdal GALIP (BUL)
Lukas BRANDL (CZE)
Fares ELSAWY (EGY)
Denis KODAKOV GIL (ESP)
Khizir DASIYEV (FRA)
Zurab ABALAKI (GEO)
Manuel WAGIN (GER)
Vasileios KESIDIS (GRE)
SOURABH (IND)
Sina Mahdi KHALILI (IRI)
Keyvan GHAREHDAGHI (JPN)
Almas SABYR (KAZ)
Nursadyk NURDINOV (KGZ)
Juyoung KIM (KOR)
Catalin SPINU (MDA)
Ankh Erdene ALTANGEREL (MGL)
Antoni MAJCHRZAK (POL)
Elvis SOLIS (PUR)
Justin RAFFIN (SUI)
Samuel SEDLAK (SVK)
Arslan MAMISHOV (TKM)
Remzi TEMUR (TUR)
Brock MANTANONA (USA)
Zafarbek KAMOLOV (UZB)

71kg
Islam KAZHAROV (AIN)
Mohamed CHIBIKH (ALG)
Narek NIKOGHOSYAN (ARM)
Ismayil RAHIMLI (AZE)
Stiliyan DZHOROV (BUL)
Ondrej KOCMANEK (CZE)
Nikolai TARASSOV (EST)
Nodar TEVZADZE (GEO)
Felix SCHMITT (GER)
Avraam MOUSTOPOULOS (GRE)
NARENDER (IND)
Seyedabolfazl HOSSEINI (IRI)
Reuven RABINSKY (ISR)
Tatsuki KAMIYA (JPN)
Nurdaulet SEILBEKOV (KAZ)
Raatbek RAKHAT UULU (KGZ)
Piotr CARADJOV (MDA)
Bilguundalai PUREVDAGVA (MGL)
Gracjan MATYJASEK (POL)
Victor SOTO RIVERA (PUR)
Alp BEGENJOV (TKM)
Ferhat YIGIT (TUR)
Ladarion LOCKETT (USA)
Asadbek FAYZULLAEV (UZB)

80kg
Magomed IDRISOV (AIN)
Maksim RYHOSIK (AIN)
Razmik YEPREMYAN (ARM)
Ismayil ASADLI (AZE)
Grigor CHERNAKOV (BUL)
Vladislav RJABTSEV (EST)
Konstantine PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Theofilos KESIDIS (GRE)
Adam MIZSEI (HUN)
Saurabh YADAV (IND)
Abolfazl RAHMANI (IRI)
Daniel SIMONIAN (ISR)
Natsura OKAZAWA (JPN)
Askhab KHAJIYEV (KAZ)
Alexandru BORS (MDA)
Byambadorj ENKHBAT (MGL)
Omer MEMEDI (MKD)
Bartlomiej NOWAKOWSKI (POL)
Nick SCHERRER (SUI)
Dovletgeldi MYRADOV (TKM)
Huseyin KABAKTAS (TUR)
Zackary D RYDER (USA)
Mukhammadali RAKHIMOV (UZB)

92kg
Alimirza ABDULKADIROV (AIN)
Aliaksei KULAKOU (AIN)
Varuzhan HOVHANNISYAN (ARM)
Said PASHAYEV (AZE)
Sandro KURASHVILI (GEO)
Erwin PLUSCHNIK (GER)
Nikolaos KARAVANOS (GRE)
Bence VERESS (HUN)
VINAY (IND)
Toohid NOORY (IRI)
Genki HOKI (JPN)
Samir DURSUNOV (KAZ)
Demuul ARIUNTUYA (MGL)
Ilija ATANASOV (MKD)
Pieter Lafras UYS (NAM)
Balazs LORINCZ (ROU)
Suleyman MUSAGULYYEV (TKM)
Eyyup CETIN (TUR)
Aeoden SINCLAIR (USA)
Isomjon ISLAMOV (UZB)

110kg
Rakhman MALAKHMEDOV (AIN)
Yaraslau KOKHAN (AIN)
Henrik HAYKYAN (ARM)
Yusif DURSUNOV (AZE)
Marwan MOHAMED (EGY)
Aleksandre ABRAMISHVILI (GEO)
Balint FABIAN (HUN)
Singh JASPOORAN (IND)
Abolfazl NEZHAD (IRI)
Hosei FUJITA (JPN)
Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ)
Narantulga DARMAABAZAR (MGL)
Balazs CSIPKES (ROU)
Rusen GULER (TUR)
Sampson STILLWELL (USA)
Eldorbek KHASANOV (UZB) 

Women’s Wrestling

40kg
Raniia RAKHMANOVA (AIN)
Nurana ASADLI (AIN)
Klara WINKLER (GER)
RACHANA (IND)
Koharu AKUTSU (JPN)
Anel BURKUTBAYEVA (KAZ)
Ainaz ABDYKADYROVA (KGZ)
Fatma YILMAZ (TUR)
Jaclyn BOUZAKIS (USA)
Shokhista SHONAZAROVA (UZB)

43kg
Aleksandra BEREZOVSKAIA (AIN)
Alina MAZHAROUSKAYA (AIN)
Saadat GULIYEVA (AZE)
Maria GKIKA (GRE)
PARVEEN (IND)
Mona EZAKA (JPN)
Medina KUANYSHBEK (KAZ)
Kinga JARONIEK (POL)
Diana VOICULESCU (ROU)
Yagmur KARABACAK (TUR)
Morgan TURNER (USA)
Nilufar NURMUKHAMMADOVA (UZB)

46kg
Diana RYBCHENKO (AIN)
Valeryia TSITOVA (AIN)
Dounia ZITOUNI (ALG)
Vicky LEON (ECU)
Josephine WRENSCH (GER)
MUSKAN (IND)
Natsumi MASUDA (JPN)
Meiramgul AKHMETZHAN (KAZ)
Aidana ABDYKERIM KYZY (KGZ)
Lonisa REKA (KOS)
Daniella HOSSEIN BEKY (NOR)
Dominika KONKEL (POL)
Wan Yi HUANG (TPE)
Hava KONCA (TUR)
Rianne MURPHY (USA)

49kg
Tana TIULIUSH (AIN)
Sviatlana KATENKA (AIN)
Eleni ZAGLIVERI (GER)
Anna KOEBLO (HUN)
DRISHTI (IND)
Rinka OGAWA (JPN)
Arina ABDULLINA (KAZ)
Diana AMANTUROVA (KGZ)
Eunhye OH (KOR)
Chuluun Erdene BATTOGTOKH (MGL)
Lucja KORCZ (POL)
Chloe BREWIS (RSA)
Wei Ting CHEN (TPE)
Nil AKTAS (TUR)
Heather CRULL (USA)

53kg
Olga OVCHINNIKOVA (AIN)
Valeryia MIKITSICH (AIN)
Fatima BOUCHIBI (ALG)
Ruzanna MAMMADOVA (AZE)
Lisette BOETTKER (EST)
Miranda KAPANADZE (GEO)
Liliana KAPUVARI (HUN)
RAJNITA (IND)
Fabiana RINELLA (ITA)
Sakura ONISHI (JPN)
Elmira SAPARBEKOVA (KAZ)
Aziza SHUMKAROVA (KGZ)
Bayasgalan MONGOLKHUU (MGL)
Amelia TOMALA (POL)
Milica SEKULOVIC (SRB)
Anja EPP (SUI)
Lara GORCS (SVK)
Yi Hsuan TSENG (TPE)
Ozlem GURSOY (TUR)
Karlee BROOKS (USA)
Sakibjamal ESBOSYNOVA (UZB)

57kg
Mariia BELIASOVA (AIN)
Alina KOZHYNA (AIN)
Hiunai HURBANOVA (AZE)
Viktoria BOYNOVA (BUL)
Sabah KHAMIS (EGY)
Rosa MOLINA RODRIGUEZ (ESP)
NEHA (IND)
Denise PIRODDU (ITA)
Sowaka UCHIDA (JPN)
Zhasmin ISKANDAROVA (KAZ)
Aziza KELDIBEKOVA (KGZ)
Yeo Jin MIN (KOR)
Enkhdangina DEJINBEE (MGL)
Mirijam HANSEN (NOR)
Nikola PIECHOCKA (POL)
Eliana WHITE (PUR)
Kai Yi LI (TPE)
Eylem ENGIN (TUR)
Everest LEYDECKER (USA)
Durdona SAIDOVA (UZB)

61kg
Ekaterina RADYSHEVA (AIN)
Aliautsina SHKURATAVA (AIN)
Gloria NIYONKURU (BDI)
Maram ALY (EGY)
Ainara PORTILLO (ESP)
Nella HONKANIEMI (FIN)
Leana SIERRA (FRA)
Leonie STEIGERT (GER)
Loukia KARAGIANNI (GRE)
Eda BALAZS (HUN)
SAVITA (IND)
Konami ONO (JPN)
Sofya ZMAZNEVA (KAZ)
Akylai CHYNYBAEVA (KGZ)
Paulina PAVILIONYTE (LTU)
Munkhchimeg URJIN (MGL)
Leah SAMSONSEN (NOR)
Emilia SWIERCZEWSKA (POL)
Beyza AKKUS (TUR)
Haylie JAFFEE (USA)

65kg
Margarita SALNAZARIAN (AIN)
Maryia MAKARCHANKA (AIN)
Mouda HAMDOUN (EGY)
Lise LANDOUZY (FRA)
Anna GODELASHVILI (GEO)
Viktoria PUPP (HUN)
SHIKSHA (IND)
Chisato YOSHIDA (JPN)
Meiramgul MAKSOT (KAZ)
Aiana ASAMALIKOVA (KGZ)
Marina AKHAI (MGL)
Maja NOWAKOWSKA (POL)
Sabina PETRACHE (ROU)
Viktoria FOELDESIOVA (SVK)
Duygu GEN (TUR)
May PRADO (USA)
Mukhayyo RAKHIMJONOVA (UZB)

69kg
Liliana KAZMINA (AIN)
Karyna FISHCHUK (AIN)
Joseth MAVUNGU (ANG)
Zahra KARIMZADA (AZE)
Veronika VILK (CRO)
Alexandra KOLLAR (HUN)
SRISHTI (IND)
Ai SAKAI (JPN)
Ingkar YERGALI (KAZ)
Nur SHARIPOVA (KGZ)
Viktorija IRKLE (LAT)
Azzaya ERDENEBILEG (MGL)
Paulina KUCHARCZYK (POL)
Evelin UJHELJI (SRB)
Hua Fang KO (TPE)
Elif KURT (TUR)
Jasmine ROBINSON (USA)
Nigina RAJABOVA (UZB)

73kg
Diana TITOVA (AIN)
Aliaksandra KAZLOVA (AIN)
Melissa BELAID (ALG)
Anabela RADOS (CRO)
Laia HORTA GALLARDO (ESP)
Ambre BOUZILLARD (FRA)
Lotta ENGLICH (GER)
Petra MUELLER (HUN)
KAJAL (IND)
Ako UCHIYAMA (JPN)
Meruyert NAZARBAYEVA (KAZ)
Akylai ABDRAKHMANOVA (KGZ)
Sarah RANDRIANANDRASANA (MAD)
Ionela COJOCARU (ROU)
Elmira YASIN (TUR)
Piper FOWLER (USA)
Asaloy AMANGELDIEVA (UZB) 

Greco-Roman

45kg
RUSTEM ABATSIEV (AIN)
Yurik MKHITARYAN (ARM)
Turan DASHDAMIROV (AZE)
Kaloyan IVANOV (BUL)
Nika TSETSKHLADZE (GEO)
Athanasios TSINIAS (GRE)
Pranjl KANGRA (IND)
Alireza AMIRIGHASRODDASHTI (IRI)
Kaisei YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Zharas SOVETOV (KAZ)
Kadyrbek ALMANBETOV (KGZ)
Igor CAZAC (MDA)
Zoltan BOTH (SVK)
Mehmet SARP (TUR)
Henry ASLIKYAN (USA)
Khojiakbar KUCHKAROV (UZB)

48kg
Murat KHATIT (AIN)
Maksim BRADZIAK (AIN)
Edgar PETROSYAN (ARM)
Elnar ZIYADOV (AZE)
Pedro DE SOUZA (BRA)
Karim ELEMARY (EGY)
Iuri CHAPIDZE (GEO)
Ivan SEIBEL (GER)
Petro ZHYTOVOZ (HUN)
Siddhanath PATIL (IND)
Payam AHMADI BALOOTAKI (IRI)
Haruku SHIINA (JPN)
Beknur MUKAN (KAZ)
Elmar ISHENBEKOV (KGZ)
Ionut MEREUTA (ROU)
Maksat SEYTIYEV (TKM)
Abdulsamet UCAR (TUR)
Ezekiel  WITT (USA)
Shakhzod RUZIOKHUNOV (UZB)

51kg
Ilia KANDALIN (AIN)
Rasim IBRAHIMAU (AIN)
Artur BROYAN (ARM)
Ali SEYIDALILI (AZE)
Moises PERALTA (ECU)
Omar IBRAHIM (EGY)
Nolan PISSOCHER (FRA)
Koba KARUMIDZE (GEO)
Peter TOTOK (HUN)
Manu YADAV (IND)
Mohammad MOHMADI (IRI)
Haruya FUKASAWA (JPN)
Zhanbolat SAPARBEK (KAZ)
Cholponbek TOROBEKOV (KGZ)
Dragos DRAGA (ROU)
Husniddin ULUGBEKOV (TKM)
Omer ALTAS (TUR)
Hudson LOGES (USA)
Dostonbek ORIPOV (UZB)

55kg
Airat SALIKHOV (AIN)
Danila CHARAPENKA (AIN)
Yuri KARAPETYAN (ARM)
Daniel STRUZINJSKI (AUT)
Tural AHMADOV (AZE)
Alyosha ILIEV (BUL)
Ahmed SHABAN (EGY)
Richard PAJUVIIDIK (EST)
Atte SUHONEN (FIN)
Vakhtang LOLUA (GEO)
Levente FIGE (HUN)
SURAJ (IND)
Mohammadreza GHOLAMI (IRI)
Mustafa AL SAEEDI (IRQ)
David ZILMAN SHEVCHENKO (ISR)
Shu TAKAHASHI (JPN)
Alpamys BOLATULY (KAZ)
Kuttubek RYSMATOV (KGZ)
Maxim SARMANOV (MDA)
Mario MARIUT (NOR)
Dawid SZTAJKOWSKI (POL)
Nodirjon SANGOV (TJK)
Bayramgeldi YAGMYROV (TKM)
Shu Wei CHUNG (TPE)
Halil CINAR (TUR)
Jordyn RANEY (USA)
AYTJAN KHALMAKHANOV (UZB)

60kg
Mingiian GORIAEV (AIN)
Kiryl VALEUSKI (AIN)
Samvel TERTERYAN (ARM)
Roman KARIMOV (AZE)
Kristiyan MILENKOV (BUL)
Clisman CARRACEDO VELIZ (ECU)
Mohamed IBRAHIM (EGY)
Nikita MURADOV (EST)
Saba SURMANIDZE (GEO)
Sokratis KONSTANTINIDIS (GRE)
VARUN (IND)
Ali Amir DEZFOOLINEZHAD (IRI)
Aviv VOLOCH (ISR)
Daichi SAKASHITA (JPN)
Yerdaulet LASSIM (KAZ)
Bekzhan ESENBEK (KGZ)
Eimantas ANDRIUSKA (LTU)
Alin MURARU (MDA)
Kajetan JAKUBOWSKI (POL)
Kemal KAKABAYEV (TKM)
Kemal SAHBAZ (TUR)
Samuel HERRING (USA)
Ogabek MUKIMOV (UZB)

65kg
Zaur BESLEKOEV (AIN)
Ihar ANOSHKA (AIN)
Petros ASHKARYAN (ARM)
Yusif AHMADLI (AZE)
Antonio HRISTOV (BUL)
Jure RAJKOVIC (CRO)
Mohamed ABDELREHIM (EGY)
Daniel JEREMEJEV (EST)
Giorgi TCHIKAIDZE (GEO)
Athanasios EFTHYMIADIS (GRE)
Attila JOZSA (HUN)
Sachin KUMAR (IND)
Amir SAEIDI NAVA (IRI)
Ali AL TAIE (IRQ)
Amir RADZIBOB (ISR)
Tsubasa EGUCHI (JPN)
Alibek TURLYGAZY (KAZ)
Erjan AKYLBEK UULU (KGZ)
Taeyong KWON (KOR)
Octavian CERNETCHI (MDA)
Nelson CHANTACA (MEX)
Hubert WYSOCZANSKI (POL)
Constantin LUNGU (ROU)
Zalan PEK (SRB)
Shatlyk YUNUSOV (TKM)
Ibrahim AYDEMIR (TUR)
William GREENWOOD (USA)
Islombek KARIMJONOV (UZB)

71kg
Abdurakhman ABDULKADYROV (AIN)
Ivan BIALIAYEU (AIN)
Gor KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Lars MATT (AUT)
Javad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Sergey STOEV (BUL)
Marko KLARIC (CRO)
Youssef BADAWY (EGY)
Nikita MEZOV (EST)
Severi MAEENPAEAE (FIN)
Luka LOMADZE (GEO)
Arionas KOLITSOPOULOS (GRE)
Dominik CZUCZOR (HUN)
Sohamraj MORE (IND)
Ahmadreza MOHAMADIAN (IRI)
Idrees JAF (IRQ)
Timur NADORGIN (ISR)
Shuya MIURA (JPN)
Dias SEITKALIYEV (KAZ)
Elkhan CHOENBEKOV (KGZ)
Seongmin JANG (KOR)
Minijus LEONAVICIUS (LTU)
Cristian RISCA (MDA)
Antoni TRETTER (POL)
Ognjen TODOSIJEVIC (SRB)
Dominik HERVAI (SVK)
Isodzhon NURAKHMADOV (TJK)
Alkan AKAR (TUR)
Arvin KHOSRAVY (USA)
Temirbek ABDULLAEV (UZB)

80kg
Mikhail SHKARIN (AIN)
Uladzislau DUBROUSKI (AIN)
Erik TER MATEVOSYAN (ARM)
Paul MAIER (AUT)
Elmin ALIYEV (AZE)
Miguel VEGA SALAZAR (COL)
Marin ZOVKO (CRO)
Seef ABDALAZIZ (EGY)
Marcus UHTJAERV (EST)
Haik SARGSYAN (FRA)
Saba GAPRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Eleftherios PAPPAS (GRE)
Szabolcs SZINAY (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
Alireza ABBASI (IRI)
Itzhak NEMSADZE (ISR)
Taizo YOSHIDA (JPN)
Beibarys SHYMYRBEK (KAZ)
Bakyt DZHAKUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Alexandr PLESCAN (MDA)
Mohammed K T ELNAGAR (PLE)
Stanislaw FUSSY (POL)
Dusan STOKIC (SRB)
Emir DAYAL (TUR)
Adam WATERS (USA)
Bekmurod RUSTAMOV (UZB)

92kg
Saipula GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (AIN)
Pavel SAVITSKI (AIN)
Grisha VOSKANYAN (ARM)
Mikayil ISMAYILOV (AZE)
Radostin VASILEV (BUL)
Andrej RODIN (CRO)
Abdelfattah ABDELZAHER (EGY)
Saba PURTSELADZE (GEO)
Ole STERNING (GER)
Dimitrios PAPPAS (GRE)
Vendel Roland VITAI (HUN)
RAMANDEEP (IND)
Aliakbar ASGHARIVALADI (IRI)
Rondo KODAMA (JPN)
Maxim UKRAINTSEV (KAZ)
Nurbolot SYRGABAI UULU (KGZ)
Dorian TREJO (MEX)
Pieter UYS (NAM)
Gabriel STAN (ROU)
Stevan KOJIC (SRB)
Alihan BEREKET (TUR)
Aiden COOLEY (USA)
Sardorbek RUSTAMOV (UZB)

110kg
Eldar EMIROV (AIN)
Tsimafei LAZAR (AIN)
Mahir GURBANLI (AZE)
Iliyan DIMITROV (BUL)
Mohamed AHMED (EGY)
Renar JOONAS (EST)
Tomas RUSI (FIN)
Saba CHILASHVILI (GEO)
Daniel SZILAGYI (HUN)
RONAK (IND)
Amirhossein ABDEVALI (IRI)
Ryosei KATAMATSU (JPN)
Bekzhan ISMAGULOV (KAZ)
Talasbek BOOBEKOV (KGZ)
Danila ZUBCOV (MDA)
Pawel JANZEN (POL)
Andreas KERN (SVK)
Cemal BAKIR (TUR)
Nicholas SAHAKIAN (USA)
Jaloliddin SAYFIDDINOV (UZB)

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Yakushenko levels up with first U23 World Championships gold

By Vinay Siwach

NOVI SAD, Serbia (October 22) -- Yehor YAKUSHENKO (UKR) has lost only one bout in 2025 but that one loss remains tied to him when he steps on the mat.

At the U20 European Championships final, Yakushenko lost to Darius KIEFER (GER), 5-3, losing his gold medal to the German wrestler. But using that loss as a lesson and motivation, Yakushenko has now won two world titles in the space of two months.

The 19-year-old won gold at the U20 World Championships in August and on Wednesday at the U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Yakushenko won his first U23 world title.

"If I hadn’t lost at the Europeans, I wouldn’t have won at Worlds," Yakushenko said. "Sometimes a loss can be for the better. It motivated me and helped me mentally."

Yakushenko, who avenged that loss to Kiefer at U20 Worlds, wrestled with great temperament at the U23 Worlds despite carrying an injury after his first bout. In four matches, he began with a win over Luka GABISONIA (GEO), held off Abubakar KHASLAKHANU (UWW) and defeated Richard KARELSON (EST) in the semifinals.

Facing senior Asia silver medalist Iussuf MATSIYEV (KAZ) in the final, Yakushenko used a stepout and turn from par terre to lead 4-0. Matsiyev was docked two points for a defensive foul as Yakushenko extended his lead to 6-0.

When Matsiyev got the par terre position in the second period, Yakushenko easily defended it and managed to win the final 6-1, thus claiming gold.

"I’m euphoric right now," he said. "I feel that it really wasn’t that easy. I guess I just worked hard and prepared well, went through good training. My shoulder hurts a little. But I think it’s actually from the rib."

Yakushenko was in Porec, Croatia at the preparatory camp for senior World Championships. Though he did not participate in the tournament, Yakushenko was part of the Ukraine team and watched the matches in Zagreb.

"We had a camp in Croatia, where many countries were present," he said. "I watched, got motivated, I was overwhelmed with emotions. My weight category is very strong, but I think everything is within my reach."

The two-time U20 world champion believes that needs to build more strength to be ready for the senior level but will not shy from a chance to earn his spot on the senior Ukrainian team next year.

"I still need to build more physical strength," he said. "But technically, I don’t think I have problems, and my endurance is good too. 

"There should be the Ukrainian Cup in November, I’m not sure yet. It’s the qualification event for the European Championships. Maybe I’ll compete there, give our senior team a bit of a shake-up. I don’t know yet, I’ll depend on what my coach says. Whatever he decides, I’ll do."

Iran closer to cleansweep

Iran won its third gold medal in Greco at the U23 World Championships and has now all-but-confirmed the team trophy. With the team title in Novi Sad, Iran will assert its domination in Greco as it won team titles in all World Championships -- U17 in Athens, U20 in Samokov and senior in Zagreb -- to go with the one in Novi Sad, Serbia.

It consolidated its position on the top when former U23 world champion at 63kg, Iman MOHAMMADI (IRI) won gold at 72kg on Wednesday. Mohammadi defeated Abror ATABAEV (UZB), 5-1, in the final.

Mohammadi was awarded the par terre in he first period and he hit a front headlock which was scored two and one more point was awarded for a stepout. But Iran challenged, claiming four points on the throw, which was confirmed on review but the stepout point was removed as it was a push.

After the challenge, Mohammadi led 5-0 and when Atabaev was given par terre in the second period, Mohammadi defended that position with ease and went on to win the gold medal.

Azerbaijan won its second gold medal in Greco-Roman after Elmir ALIYEV (AZE) held off Alibek AMIROV (UWW), 3-2, in the 55kg final. With the win, he also avenged his U23 European Championships semifinals loss to Amirov.

Egypt got its first world title at any level since 2023 and first at U23 in six years after Hassan ABDELREHIM (EGY) blanked Anri KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO), 3-0, in the 67kg. Incidentally, Egypt's other two U23 world titles, both won by Mohamed EL SAYED (EGY) in 2018 and 2019, have come at 67kg.

Alexandrin GUTU (MDA)Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) completes a five-pointer. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Gutu in third straight final

Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) is a win away from becoming the first three-time U23 world champion after he reached the 82kg final in Novi Sad.

Gutu, wrestling at the U23 Worlds for the fifth time, reached the his fourth straight final after beating Ibrahim TABAEV (BEL) in the semifinals. Gutu won gold medals in 2023 and 2024 and has a silver medal from 2022.

He began with a takedown before adding a stepout for a 3-0 lead. The par terre gave him one more point and he threw Tabaev out-of-bounds for one more point and lead 5-0. The second period saw him add one stepout as he won the semifinal 6-0.

For his third straight gold medal, Gutu will face Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR) who defeated Data CHKHAIDZE (GEO), 1-1, in the other semifinal, thanks to the first-point criteria in a 1-1 finish.

Koto GOMI (JPN)Koto GOMI (JPN) celebrates after winning the 60kg semifinal against Maxwell BLACK (USA). (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

At 60kg, Koto GOMI (JPN) will try to the six-year gold medal drought for Japan after he reached the 60kg final on Wednesday after a dominant performance. He faced Maxwell BLACK (USA) in the semifinals and like his previous bouts, he began by scoring as soon as the match began.

An arm-drag to takedown gave him a 2-0 lead before he got the par terre position and scored three rolls using high gut-wrench and win 9-0.

He will face Sajjad ABBASPOUR (IRI) for gold after he made a remarkable comeback in the final 20 seconds. Down 3-1 against Mehroj BAKHRAMOV (UZB), Abbaspour scored a stepout which was also called fleeing with 13 seconds left. However, Bakhramov still held the criteria at 3-3 as he had a two-point move.

But Abbaspour did not give up and scored another stepout with five seconds left, giving him a match-winning 4-3 lead. Uzbekistan challenged it but only to lose it and add one more point to Abbaspour's score.

The 5-3 defeat left the teenager Bakhramov in tears while the Iran corner celebrated the unexpected win in the semifinals.

U.S. perfect

Audrey JIMINEZ (USA) will get another chance of winning her first-ever world title after she reached the 50kg finals after posting a controlled 5-2 win against Aida KERYMOVA (UKR) in the semifinals. Jiminez, who had four age-group world silver medals, scored a takedown and one turn in the second period to overcome a 2-1 deficit and post the win.

She will face Jinyue LIANG (CHN) for that much-awaited gold after Liang saw off Natalia PUDOVA (UWW) in the other semifinal. Liang scored a takedown in the second period to lead 2-1 and then got in scramble which that scored two points each. She then hit a headlock for four to make the score 8-3, her winning score in the final.

Former U20 world champion Jasmine ROBINSON (USA) reached the final at 72kg with her third technical superiority win in three bouts. She defeated former U17 world champion Veronika VILK (CRO), 10-0, in the semifinals using her trademark double blasts.

Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ) will look to stop Robinson from winning her first U23 world title after she reached the final at 72kg after beating Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN), 6-3.

Returning champion at 72kg, Kylie WELKER (USA), who moved up to 76kg, reached the final after a 16-6 technical superiority win over Edna JIMENEZ VILLALBA (MEX).

Welker began with a four-pointer before two turns made it 8-0. But Villalba also hit a four-pointer to cut the lead to 8-4. She then had Welker in danger to make it 8-6 bit a reversal and three lace turns tilted the semifinal 15-6 in favor to Welker, who scored a stepout in the second period for the win.

She will take on returning bronze medalist Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW) who posted a 4-1 win over Elmira YASIN (TUR) in the other semifinal.

RESULTS

55kg
GOLD: Elmir ALIYEV (AZE) df. Alibek AMIROV (UWW), 3-2

BRONZE: Khojiakbar KUCHKAROV (UZB) df. Armin SHAMSIPOUR (IRI), 8-0
BRONZE: Vishvajit MORE (IND) df. Yerassyl MAMYRBEKOV (KAZ), 5-4

67kg
GOLD: Hassan ABDELREHIM (EGY) df. Anri KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO), 3-0

BRONZE: Ahmadreza MOHSEN NEZHAD (IRI) df. Hleb MAKARANKA (UWW), 7-1
BRONZE: Otto BLACK (USA) df. Attila JOZSA (HUN), via inj. def.

72kg
GOLD: Iman MOHAMMADI (IRI) df. Abror ATABAEV (UZB), 5-1

BRONZE: Ruslan NURULLAYEV (AZE) df. Gaspar TERTERYAN (ARM), 3-1
BRONZE: Merey MAULITKANOV (KAZ) df. Danil GRIGOREV (UWW), 10-0

97kg
GOLD: Yehor YAKUSHENKO (UKR) df. Iussuf MATSIYEV (KAZ), 6-1

BRONZE: Richard KARELSON (EST) df. Abubakar KHASLAKHANAU (UWW), 7-7
BRONZE: Maksim AVERIN (UWW) df. Arshak GEGHAMYAN (ARM), 1-1

Greco-Roman Semifinals

60kg
GOLD: Koto GOMI (JPN) vs. Sajjad ABBASPOUR (IRI)

SF 1: Koto GOMI (JPN) df. Maxwell BLACK (USA), 9-0
SF 2: Sajjad ABBASPOUR (IRI) df. Mehroj BAKHRAMOV (UZB), 5-3

82kg
GOLD: Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) vs. Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR)

SF 1: Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) df. Ibrahim TABAEV (BEL), 6-0
SF 2: Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR) df. Data CHKHAIDZE (GEO), 1-1

Women's Wrestling Semifinals

50kg
GOLD: Audrey JIMENEZ (USA) vs. Jinyue LIANG (CHN)

SF 1: Audrey JIMENEZ (USA) df. Aida KERYMOVA (UKR), 5-2
SF 2: Jinyue LIANG (CHN) df. Natalia PUDOVA (UWW), 8-3

72kg
GOLD: Jasmine ROBINSON (USA) vs. Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ)

SF 1: Jasmine ROBINSON (USA) df. Veronika VILK (CRO), 10-0 
SF 2: Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ) df. Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN), 6-3

76kg
GOLD: Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW) vs. Kylie WELKER (USA)

SF 1: Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW) df. Elmira YASIN (TUR), 4-1
SF 2: Kylie WELKER (USA) df. Edna JIMENEZ VILLALBA (MEX), 16-6