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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from #WrestleBishkek

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 08:19 By Vinay Siwach

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (June 13) -- Iran brought some of its best Greco-Roman wrestlers to Bishkek for the third Ranking Series event and they did not disappoint, winning five gold medals in the tournament to finish at the top of the team rankings.

Georgian and Uzbekistan won two gold medals each while Kazakhstan won a single gold as well.

Watch all the 10 gold medal bouts from the third Ranking Series event here.

GOLD: 55kg - Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ) vs. Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB) 

GOLD: 60kg -  Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB) vs. Nursultan BAZARBAYEV (KAZ) 

GOLD: 63kg - Leri ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB) 

GOLD: 67kg - Danial SOHRABI (IRI) vs. HUSIYUETU (CHN) 

GOLD: 72kg -  Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO) vs. Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) 

GOLD: 77kg - Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) vs. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) 

GOLD: 82kg - Alireza MOHMADIPIANI (IRI) vs. Alperen BERBER (TUR) 

GOLD: 87kg -  Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) vs. Gurami KHETSURIANI (GEO)

GOLD: 97kg -  Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) vs. Yiming LI (CHN) 

GOLD: 130kg - Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) vs. Oscar PINO (CUB) 

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UWW, KNUS and Kazakhstan Sign MoU

Thursday, July 2, 2026 - 09:47 By United World Wrestling Press

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (July 2) -- United World Wrestling has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kazakh National University of Sports and the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation to further the development of wrestling and promote sports education.

The MoU was signed on Thursday in Astana by UWW President Nenad LALOVIC, KNUS Rector Tursynzada KUANGALIYEVA, and Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation President Yerkin OKASSOV.

The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in sports education, and the continued development of wrestling through joint initiatives and knowledge sharing.

During the ceremony, KNUS also conferred the title of Honorary Professor upon Lalovic in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of sports education, scientific research, international academic cooperation, and the global sports community.

Nenad LALOVIC

Lalovic thanked the founder of the University Nurasyl MEDEU, Rector Kuangaliyeva, the management, staff and students of the university along with representatives of the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation.

Astana will host the 2026 World Championships from October 24 to November 1 at Barys Arena, marking the return of the flagship event to the Kazakh capital seven years after it last staged the championships.