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Women's Wrestling Semifinal Matchups: 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg, 76kg

By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 15) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in women's wrestling at 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg and 76kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

57kg
Veronika CHUMIKOVA (RUS) vs. Anshu ANSHU (IND) 
Mehlika OZTURK (TUR) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA

59kg
Mariana CHERDIVARA ESANU (MDA) vs. Elif YANIK (TUR) 
Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) vs. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER)

65kg
Irina RINGACI (MDA) vs. Asli DEMIR (TUR) 
Tetiana RIZHKO (UKR) vs. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL)

68kg
Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) vs. Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) 
Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) vs. Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)

76kg
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) 
Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN)
 

UWW Playlists: Best of Olympic champ Esmaeili

By United World Wrestling Press

Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI) was the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics at 67kg in Greco-Roman. A year later in 2025, he added the world title to his name, his first at the senior level, to be among one of the best Greco wrestler currently.

The 22-year-old is also a U17 and U20 world champion and has wins over all top wrestlers of his weight class including Olympic champion Luis ORTA (CUB) and two-time world silver medalist Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE).

Watch all matches of Esmaeili from early days to him becoming a world champion in Zagreb in 2025.

Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI): All Bouts of Olympic champion