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U23 Asian Championships 2025 Entries

By United World Wrestling Press

VUNG TAU, Vietnam (June 13) -- The U23 Asian Championships will be held in Vung Tau Vietnam from June 18 to 21.

The competition will begin with Greco-Roman, followed by Women's Wrestling and then Freestyle. For full schedule, click here.

The U17 Asian Championships will be held from June 23 to 28 at the same venue. For U17 Asian Championships entries, click here.

Note: The entries are subject to change 72 hours before the draw of each style. For final entries, refer to UWW Arena.

Women's Wrestling

50kg
VINITA (IND)
Maral TANGIRBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Munkhgerel MUNKHBAT (MGL)
Nipuni WASANA (SRI)
Mushtariy TOLIPBEKOVA (UZB)
Ngoc Linh DO (VIE)

53kg
Hinaben KHALIFA (IND)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Ariunzaya ODONCHIMEG (MGL)
Ji Hyang KIM (PRK)
Chamodya KESHANI (SRI)
Ya Hsin CHEN (TPE)
Dilshoda MATNAZAROVA (UZB)
Thi My Linh NGUYEN (VIE)

55kg
REENA (IND)
Angelina PERVUKHINA (KAZ)
Aruuke KADYRBEK KYZY (KGZ)
Odonchimeg TSEVEEN (MGL)
Hsiu Ching LIN (TPE)
Lan Phuong VU (VIE)

57kg
Neha SHARMA (IND)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Sezim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Rentsenkhand MUNKH OCHIR (MGL)
Jin Ju AN (PRK)
Nethmi AHINSA (SRI)
Warisara KHUMDEE (THA)
Pei Ying LIAO (TPE)
Sandugash DJENBAEVA (UZB)

59kg
Tanvi MAGDUM (IND)
Viktoriia KHUSAINOVA (KAZ)
Tancholpon KYBALBEKOVA (KGZ)
Erdenebolor LKHAGVASUREN (MGL)
Laylokhon SOBIROVA (UZB)

62kg
Pragati GAIKWAD (IND)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Anudari BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Thi Hien DANG (VIE)

65kg
SHIKSHA (IND)
Zhangyl BEKEN (KAZ)
Dilnaz SAZANOVA (KGZ)
Davaajargal ALTANSUKH (MGL)
Huynh Xuan Nhi NGUYEN (VIE)

68kg
Yuqi LIU (CHN)
SRISHTI (IND)
Beibit SEIDUALY (KAZ)
Gulnura TASHTANBEKOVA (KGZ)
Batsuren MYAGMARSUREN (MGL)
Firuza ESENBAEVA (UZB)

72kg
Saihan AO (CHN)
Jyoti BERWAL (IND)
Zhibekzhan SABYRZHANOVA (KAZ)
Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ)
Tuyamaa GONCHIGDORJ (MGL)
Asaloy AMANGELDIEVA (UZB)
Thi Ninh TO (VIE)

76kg
PRIYA (IND)
Anastassiya PANASSOVICH (KAZ)
Kaiyrkul SHARSHEBAEVA (KGZ)
Tuvshinjargal TARAV (MGL)

Nan CAO (CHN)Gold medalist at 79kg in 2024, Nan CAO (CHN) will be wrestling at 86kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov) 

Freestyle

57kg
Jianhao LIU (CHN)
ANKUSH (IND)
Zhakhongir AKHMAJANOV (KAZ)
Mukhammadrasul SALIEV (KGZ)
Munkh Od LKHAMBUZMAA (MGL)
Kwang Hyon KIM (PRK)
Chanuka GAJANAYAKA (SRI)
Nodirbek JUMANAZAROV (UZB)
Nhu Duy PHAM (VIE)

61kg
Shengjie HU (CHN)
NIKHIL (IND)
Merey BAZARBAYEV (KAZ)
Iukhan DOKTURBEK UULU (KGZ)
Batnasan GANKHULEG (MGL)
Kwang Myong KIM (PRK)
Rukeshnath RELSAN (SRI)
Thirawat MAITHONG (THA)
Amir HAMAYUN (TKM)
Arslan RAKHIMOV (UZB)

65kg
SUJEET (IND)
Rustem TOLEN (KAZ)
Rustamzhan KAKHAROV (KGZ)
Gantulga BATBAATAR (MGL)
Mcclaren MARREN (SGP)
Jelaletdin SEYIDOV (TKM)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)

70kg
SAGAR (IND)
Maiis ALIYEV (KAZ)
Adis RAKHAT UULU (KGZ)
Bumbayar BAARAA (MGL)
Mustafo AKHMEDOV (TJK)
Shirmuhammet BEKIYEV (TKM)
Begijon KULDASHEV (UZB)
Xuan Truong DOAN (VIE)

74kg
Tao SHEN (CHN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Nurdaulet SEILBEKOV (KAZ)
Kanat KERIMBEKOV (KGZ)
Tolui MUNKHBAT (MGL)
Dilshan WEERASEKARA (SRI)
Vatan ANNAORAZOV (TKM)
Zafarbek OTAKHONOV (UZB)
Van Tu NGUYEN (VIE)

79kg
Bolati NA ERTAI (CHN)
CHANDERMOHAN (IND)
Askhab KHAJIYEV (KAZ)
Baitemir TULEBERDIEV (KGZ)
Gan Erdene BAATARKHUU (MGL)
Ishan FERNANDO (SRI)
Alp Arslan BEGENJOV (TKM)
Daler CHULIBAEV (UZB)
Cong Dat TRUONG (VIE)

86kg
Nan CAO (CHN)
Sagar JAGLAN (IND)
Yelnar SHILDEBAY (KAZ)
Mukhammad ABDULLAEV (KGZ)
Bayarbaatar SANJAASUREN (MGL)
Kowtham SIVAKUMAR (SRI)
Dovletgeldi MYRADOV (TKM)
Boburbek RUZIMBOEV (UZB)
Van Long TRINH (VIE)

92kg
Iqbal AHMADI (AFG)
SACHIN (IND)
Arystan KARABEK (KAZ)
Ulukbek SOOROMBEKOV (KGZ)
Demchigdorj TUMURBAATAR (MGL)
Praveen KADUPITIGE (SRI)
Soltan BEGENJOV (TKM)
Sadirdin DAMINJONOV (UZB)
Viet Trung TRAN (VIE)

97kg
NARENMANDUHAI (CHN)
VICKY (IND)
Nurdaulet BEKENOV (KAZ)
Kutman TOLOBALDIEV (KGZ)
Khosbayar TUGSBAT (MGL)
Shaman SIRIWARDANA (SRI)
Orazmuhammet HOJALYYEV (TKM)
Otabek NAZIRBOEV (UZB)

125kg
Maysam SHAH QOL (AFG)
Jaspooran SINGH (IND)
Alimzhan SALIMZHAN (KAZ)
Sulde DONGAK (KGZ)
Nambardagva BATBAYAR (MGL)
Huoying SHI (CHN)

Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ) is the defending champion at 87kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Greco-Roman

55kg
Rishav CHAUDHARY (IND)
Yerassyl MAMYRBEKOV (KAZ)
Nurbolot BERDIKULOV (KGZ)
Chung Ryol KIM (PRK)
Abduvali RAHIMBAYEV (TKM)
Jonpulat TULKINBOEV (UZB)
Trong Nam NGUYEN (VIE)

60kg
Ziyue XI (CHN)
Samarth MHAKAVE (IND)
Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ)
Kurmanbek ZHAPAROV (KGZ)
Kuk Ryong KIM (PRK)
Rasul JORAYEV (TKM)
Mehroj BAKHRAMOV (UZB)

63kg
SUMIT (IND)
Ongdassyn KHAMITOV (KAZ)
Baiaman APILOV (KGZ)
Khusniddin OLIMBOEV (UZB)

67kg
UMESH (IND)
Bagdat SABAZ (KAZ)
Baiaman KARIMOV (KGZ)
Chin Wee KOH (SGP)
Ogabek MUKIMOV (UZB)

72kg
Dongfu XIE (CHN)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Sergazy ABDIKHADYR (KAZ)
Kutman TEMIRBEKOV (KGZ)
Dhirenrajah ANANDARAJAH (MAS)
Didar ORAZBERDIYEV (TKM)
Abdullo ALIEV (UZB)
Van Chuyen NGUYEN (VIE)

77kg
Jixin YU (CHN)
AMAN (IND)
Akzhan YKYLASSOV (KAZ)
Erlan MARS UULU (KGZ)
Aryan BIN AZMAN (SGP)
Wisit THAMWIRAT (THA)
Hekim GURBANMYRADOV (TKM)
Chih Chi LU (TPE)
Doniyorkhon NAKIBOV (UZB)
Cong Manh NGUYEN (VIE)

82kg
PRINCE (IND)
Dias KALTAY (KAZ)
Bekzat ORUNKUL UULU (KGZ)
Samandar BOBONAZAROV (UZB)
The Hoang Anh NGUYEN (VIE)

87kg
ROHIT (IND)
Maksat SAILAU (KAZ)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Peerawat AUNTHIN (THA)
Dovletmyrat BAYRAMOV (TKM)
Rahimjon UZOKOV (UZB)
Van Thuy NGUYEN (VIE)

97kg
NITESH (IND)
Iussuf MATSIYEV (KAZ)
Nurmanbet RAIMALY UULU (KGZ)
Javokhir SHODIYAROV (UZB)

130kg
Wenhao JIANG (CHN)
Uttam RANA (IND)
Jokhar UZAROV (KAZ)
Nurbolot TOKTOGONOV (KGZ)
Temurbek NASIMOV (UZB)
Van Bao NGUYEN (VIE)

#WrestleNoviSad

U23 World Championships 2025 Day 5 FS & WW Highlights

By Vinay Siwach

NOVI SAD, Serbia (October 23) -- The U23 World Championships enters day five with two Freestyle weight classes -- 74kg and 92kg and three in women's wrestling -- 53kg, 59kg and 62kg.

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14:40: European champion Iryna BONDAR (UKR) finds a way to beat Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR) in the final 40 seconds. Kolawale was lead 3-0 but Bondar with two different takedowns to win 4-3.

14:30: Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN) seems to be unbothered by the weight change as he puts on a clinic to win his 74kg quarterfinals against Mohammad BAKHSHI (JPN), 11-0. Aoyagi now into the semifinals

14:25: Mobin AZIMI (IRI) puts Iran in the semifinals after a technical superiority win over Joshua BARR (USA). Azimi led 1-1 on criteria but Barr began the second period with a takedown. But Azimi kept the pressure and scored a takedown, and used a high gut-wrench to score five turns and complete a 13-3 win and advance to the 92kg semifinals

14:20: There is no way 

14:15: Mukhamed KHANIEV (AZE) with a 10-0 victory over SACHIN (IND) and move into the semifinals at 92kg. Khaniev with three go-behinds before launching a big throw and turn to win via technical superiority.

14:10: Mitchell MESENBRINK (USA) with another technical superiority win as he beats Omar MOURAD (EGY), 12-2, to enter the 74kg semifinals.

14:00: Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) and Magomed KHANIEV (AZE) face-off in the quarterfinals at 74kg. Both wrestlers exchange takedowns with Asluev leading 2-2 on criteria. Khaniev gets on a leg attack and manages to trip Asluev without control. It is, however, scored two points for Khaniev which gives him a 4-2 lead. Asluev manages to leg attack Khaniev but no points as both wrestlers go out of bounds in par terre. Bahrain challenges the call but it is lost, giving a 5-2 lead to Khaniev. Khaniev gets hit with caution and one point for fleeing, and the bout resumes in par terre. Asluev was about to turn Khaniev but loses his grip and Khaniev gets the two points for exposure which is also his winning points in his 7-3 win

13:35: SARIKA (IND) with a late takedown against Alexis JANIAK (USA) to clinch a 6-4 victory in their 59kg bout. Sarika set up Janiak a couple of times but failed to finish until the final takedown which resulted in victory. 

13:30: Returning silver medalist Ruka NATAMI (JPN) got a solid challenge from Olivia LICHTI (CAN) in her opening 59kg bout. Natami managed to counter Licthi's attacks and score her points in the 8-1 win but Litchi can be proud of her world debut

13:15: Mobin AZIMI (IRI) books a spot in quarterfinals at 92kg against Joshua BARR (USA) after an 8-1 victory over Sadig MUSTAFAZADE (AZE). Big four pointer for Azimi in that win.

12:50: Iryna BONDAR (UKR) with a quick takedown and turn to lead 4-1 against SAVITA (IND) after being put on activity clock in the 62kg match. Savit starts the second period with a takedown to  make the score 4-3. Bondar defends that lead for the last two minutes to advance to the quarterfinals.

12:45: Mitchell MESENBRINK (USA) gets his double-leg attacks to win his 1/8 finals against PARVINDER (IND), 10-0, at 74kg. He finished with a lace turn to get the last two points.

12:30: Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) comes back from 3-1 down to beat Ion MARCU (MDA), 11-5, at 74kg. Asluev moves into the quarterfinals and keeps Magomed BAITUKAEV (UWW) alive

12:25: Magomed KHANIEV (AZE) with some masterful defense against Grigor CHOLAKYAN (ARM) and he scores on counters to beat the Armenian 14-5. Khaniev now in the quarterfinals.

12:20: Moving into the next round of 74kg bouts and we have world champion Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN) doing what he does best. He beats Baitemir TULEBERDIEV (KGZ) 11-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.

11:40: Sakura MOTOKI (JPN), chasing a historic gold to complete the Golden Grand Slam, begins with a fall over world bronze medalist Nigina SABIROVA (UZB) at 62kg.

11:30: Mobin AZIMI (IRI) upsets U20 world champion Sherzod POYONOV (UZB) at 92kg. Mix of stepouts and takedowns in his 7-1 victory.

11:15: U20 world champion and senior European champion Iryna BONDAR (UKR) and Selvi ILYASOGLU (TUR) involved in a little heated match. Bondar wanted twice for aggressive fouls but she manages to beat Ilyasoglu via fall at 62kg.

10:55: Former U20 world champion Mitchell MESENBRINK (USA) begins his chase for a first world U23 title with a 12-2 win over Aliaksandr HULNIK (UWW) at 74kg.

U23 World Championships 74kg

10:50: Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN), world champion at 70kg, makes his debut at 74kg at the U23 World Championships. He begins slow but manages to up the pace in the second period and beat Petar PETKOV (BUL), 10-0.

10:40: Muhammed OZMUS (TUR) has pulled off a mini upset at 74kg as he beats Manuel WAGIN (GER), 10-2, two chest wrap attempts from Wagin costed him eight points and one for the lost challenge in that defeat.

10:30: Magomed KHANIEV (AZE) has more steady start at 74kg. He starts with a 10-0 controlled win against Georgios IOAKEIMIDIS (GRE). Khaniev will now be the favorite to reach the final from top half of that bracket.

10:20: We are off to very unexpected start at 74kg. Magomed BAITUKAEV (UWW), one of the favorites for gold at 74kg, goes down 3-3 against Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) in the opening bout. He led 3-0 but Asluev tied it in the second period, taking a criteria lead. He defended the lead to win.

10:00: The fifth day in Novi Sad can witness history. Sakura MOTOKI (JPN) is chasing the gold and join the elite group of wrestlers to win all world titles and the Olympic gold medal.