#WrestleBelgrade

WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from World Championships

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 09:11 By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 27) -- The World Championships began with Greco-Roman at the Stark Arena in Belgrade. Host nation Serbia claimed four gold medals out of the 10 on offer. However, it finished third in the team rankings with Turkey, led by legend Riza KAYAALP (TUR), finishing first. Azerbaijan finished second, just seven points behind Turkey.

Apart from Serbia, Turkey and Kyrgyzstan won two gold medals each while two others were shared by Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Watch all the 10 Greco-Roman gold medal bouts from the World Championships.

GOLD: 55kg - Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE) vs. Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)

GOLD: 60kg - Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Edmond NAZARYAN (BUL)

GOLD: 63kg - Leri ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Sebastian NAD (SRB)

GOLD: 67kg - Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) vs. Mate NEMES (SRB)

GOLD: 72kg - Ali ARSALAN (SRB) vs. Ulvi GANIZADE (AZE)

GOLD: Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) vs. Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)

GOLD: 82kg - Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) vs. Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)

GOLD: 87kg - Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (SRB) vs. Turpan BISULTANOV (DEN)

GOLD: 97kg - Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) vs. Kiril MILOV (BUL)

GOLD: 130kg - Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) vs. Riza KAYAALP (TUR)

#Anti-Doping

CAS dismisses Datunashvili appeal against anti-doping violation

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 02:28 By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (November 22) -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the five-year ban imposed on Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (SRB), dismissing his appeal against the sanction handed down last year.

The CAS Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD) sanctioned Datunashvili with five years of ineligibility on September 19, 2024. He filed an appeal against the decision, but on November 17, 2025, CAS dismissed the appeal and confirmed the sanction. His period of ineligibility will run until April 10, 2028.

Datunashvili had been charged by the ITA with multiple anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), including the use of urine substitution in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the creation and use of a fabricated video as evidence to justify a missed out-of-competition doping control in 2022.

As a result of the sanction, all results obtained by Datunashvili from May 27, 2021, to April 11, 2023 (the date of his provisional suspension) were disqualified, including his bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the gold medals he won at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships.