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With World Cup history on mind, Ukraine arrives in US

Friday, December 2, 2022 - 14:26 By Vinay Siwach

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CORALVILLE, Iowa (December 2) -- In the last 10 months, Ukraine women's team has finished on the podium at the European Championships, U23 and U17 World Championships and qualified for the World Cup by finishing in the top five at the World Championships in Belgrade.

The wrestlers achieved this with little to no training before the Euros and with no training base for the rest of the year. A few trained in Budapest while another group was in Warsaw. If anyone was relatively lucky, they could train in western Ukraine.

So it was a commendable gesture from USA Wrestling to invite the Ukraine team to the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs two weeks before the December 10-11 World Cup despite being two of the strongest teams out there.

Throughout the year, United World Wrestling, along with Olympic Solidarity, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the USOPC, provided technical assistance to the Ukraine Wrestling Federation for the participation of the Ukraine women’s team in major UWW events.

The World Cup was also part of the same plan the UWW Development Department and local organizing committees provided technical support for Ukraine.

“We remain committed and devoted to supporting all our national federations around the world," UWW President Nenad LALOVIC said. "Despite the current political problems, we remain one family through wrestling.”

Ukraine has been preparing for the World Cup with a full-strength team and will be heading to Iowa from Colorado for the competition.  

"The American team welcomed us very kindly," Oksana LIVACH (UKR) said. "We are in the Olympic Center in Colorado, there are very good conditions for training and we enjoy spending time here."

Amidst all the difficulties the team has faced, the wrestlers have held together, switching between wrestling and coaching during various tournaments. The World Cup will see them rise to the challenge once again when Ukraine takes on Japan and Mongolia in the group stages of the tournament.

After the World Championships, the wrestlers did participate in the U23 Worlds in Spain before arriving in the United States last week. The 26-member delegation was welcomed with open arms and are provided with the best facilities and training.

"There are many sparring sessions, the training is very interesting, you can learn something new, exchange experience," Oksana said.

The World Cup will not only be a way to show the strength of the Ukraine team, it will also mark the return of Ukraine's two biggest stars. Former world champion and three-time Olympian Yulia TKACH (UKR) is entered for the tournament, her first in almost three years.

Another wrestler who will be returning in over a year is Tokyo bronze medalist Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) at 62kg. She has skipped all tournaments in between.

Both Tkach and Koliadenko will be leaders of the team which also comprises Oksana LIVACH (UKR), Alina HRUSHYNA (UKR), Alla BELINSKA (UKR) and other youngsters.

At the World Cup, Ukraine will open its campaign against Mongolia on Saturday afternoon and will fancy its chances of winning the dual and setting up a virtual final against Japan. As the best country in women's wrestling is sending a depleted squad with no senior world medalist, Ukraine will look to pull off an upset win if it wants to reach the final from Group A.

With the team already acclimatized to the US and the return of its senior wrestlers, Ukraine winning will not be a surprise.

"Japan is the strongest team in the world in women's wrestling," Tkach said. "I think the young team will also be strong and it will be interesting for us to compete with them. Our team is also quite young and strong.

"We believe in our team. We will see a good fight on the mat and it will show who wins."

Apart from the chance to win the World Cup, the team is motivated and united by the tough times everyone faced this year. The emotions ran high at the European Championships when it crowned three champions in Budapest despite the uncertainty of the lives back home. A big relief came when it qualified for the World Cup finishing fifth in Belgrade with three medals.

"This year was really very difficult for our team. Our girls performed really well," Livach said. "I think this season will remain in history and in our memory. The World Cup is the final point for this year and we want to end it on a good note. All the teams are very strong and everyone can and has a chance to win, just like our team."

The World Cup win will make the year even more historic for the country as it has never finished on the podium before at the competition. But that can change in Coralville.

"Our team has many young wrestlers who have the opportunity to prove themselves," Livach said. "Expect a worthy fight."

#WrestleBratislava

European Championships 2025 Entries

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 05:57 By United World Wrestling Press

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (March 17) -- The European Championships will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia from April 7 to 13.

More than 450 wrestler will be in action in 30 weight classes in Freestyle, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman.

The Championships will be live on UWW+ which can be accessed on uww.org and UWW App. Follow United World Wrestling on Instagram, YouTube, X, Facebook and TikTok.

Note: These are preliminary entries and subject to change. For final entries, refer to arena.uww.org on the day of the competition.

Freestyle

57kg
Manvel KHNDZRTSYAN (ARM)
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Ivaylo TISOV (BUL)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Niklas STECHELE (GER)
Rocco TERRANOVA (ITA)
Razvan KOVACS (ROU)
Azamat TUSKAEV (SRB)
Thomas EPP (SUI)
Muhammet KARAVUS (TUR)
Kamil KERYMOV (UKR)
Aryan TSIUTRYN (UWW)
Nachyn MONGUSH (UWW)

61kg
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Stilyan ILIEV (BUL)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Leomid COLESNIC (MDA)
Besir ALILI (MKD)
Nils LEUTERT (SUI)
Robert MESZAROS (SVK)
Emrah ORMANOGLU (TUR)
Andrii DZHELEP (UKR)
Dzmitry SHAMELA (UWW)
Zavur UGUEV (UWW)

65kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)
Ali RAHIMZADE (AZE)
Ayub MUSAEV (BEL)
Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
Carlos ALVAREZ IGLESIAS (ESP)
Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
Goga OTINASHVILI (GEO)
Nico MEGERLE (GER)
Zoltan MIZSEI (HUN)
Colin REALBUTO (ITA)
Sergiu LUPASCO (MDA)
Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL)
Stefan COMAN (ROU)
Cabbar DUYUM (TUR)
Andrii SVYRYD (UKR)
Islam GUSEINOV (UWW)
Ibragim IBRAGIMOV (UWW)

70kg
Arman ANDREASYAN (ARM)
Benedikt HUBER (AUT)
Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE)
Ibragim VELIEV (BEL)
Mihail GEORGIEV (BUL)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
Vasile DIACON (MDA)
Fati VEJSELI (MKD)
Patryk OLENCZYN (POL)
Viktor VOINOVIC (SRB)
Haydar YAVUZ (TUR)
Oleksii BORUTA (UKR)
George KOLIEV (UWW)
David BAEV (UWW)

74kg
Chermen VALIEV (ALB)
Narek HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
Ion MARCU (MDA)
Rasul SHAPIEV (MKD)
Kamil RYBICKI (POL)
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
Fazli ERYILMAZ (TUR)
Ivan KUSYAK (UKR)
Yahor AKULICH (UWW)
Zaurbek SIDAKOV (UWW)

79kg
Hayk PAPIKYAN (ARM)
Simon MARCHL (AUT)
Orkhan ABASOV (AZE)
Mohammad MOTTAGHINIA (ESP)
Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Lucas KAHNT (GER)
Jacopo MASOTTI (ITA)
Ion MARCU (MDA)
Ahmad MAGOMEDOV (MKD)
Mateusz PEDZICKI (POL)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)
Okan TAHTACI (TUR)
Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR)
Akhmed USMANOV (UWW)

86kg
Lukas LINS (AUT)
Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE)
Magomed RAMAZANOV (BUL)
Taimuraz FRIEV NASKIDAEVA (ESP)
Miko ELKALA (FIN)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Joshua MORODION (GER)
Rolan ARNTASEV ARDASHEV (GRE)
Matthew FINESILVER (ISR)
Kornelijus STULGINSKAS (LTU)
Eugeniu MIHALCEAN (MDA)
Dejan MITROV (MKD)
Sebastian JEZIERZANSKI (POL)
Osman GOCEN (TUR)
Mukhammed ALIIEV (UKR)
Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (UWW)
Artur NAIFONOV (UWW)

92kg
Benjamin GREIL (AUT)
Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Ahmed BATAEV (BUL)
Adlan VISKHANOV (FRA)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Rahmatullah MORADI (GER)
Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE)
Uri KALASHNIKOV (ISR)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Ivan ICHIZLI (MDA)
Redjep HAJDARI (MKD)
Cezary SADOWSKI (POL)
Boris MAKOEV (SVK)
Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR)
Denys SAHALIUK (UKR)
Azamat ZAKUEV (UWW)
Yaraslau IADKOUSKI (UWW)

97kg
Gurgen SIMONYAN (ARM)
Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE)
Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
Ertugrul AGCA (GER)
Nikolaos KARAVANOS (GRE)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
Radu LEFTER (MDA)
Radoslaw BARAN (POL)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Resul GUNE (TUR)
Vasyl SOVA (UKR)
Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (UWW)
Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW)

125kg
Johannes LUDESCHER (AUT)
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
Mohsen SIYAR (GER)
Georgios KOTANIDIS (GRE)
Vlagyiszlav BAJCAJEV (HUN)
Gheorghe ERHAN (MDA)
Kamil KOSCIOLEK (POL)
Omar SAREM (ROU)
Adam JAKSIK (SVK)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Murazi MCHEDLIDZE (UKR)
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (UWW)
Zelimkhan KHIZRIEV (UWW)

Buse TOSUN (TUR)Buse TOSUN (TUR), Paris bronze medalist at 68kg and returning champion, will be in action after eight months. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Ana TORRES (ESP)
Emma LUTTENAUER (FRA)
Gabija DILYTE (LTU)
Maria LEORDA (MDA)
Agata WALERZAK (POL)
Emilia VUC (ROU)
Svenja JUNGO (SUI)
Evin DEMIRHAN YAVUZ (TUR)
Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
Natallia VARAKINA (UWW)
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (UWW)

53kg
Oleksandra KOGUT (AUT)
Elnura MAMMADOVA (AZE)
Maria BAEZ (ESP)
Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)
Laura STANELYTE (LTU)
Iulia LEORDA (MDA)
Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL)
Andreea ANA (ROU)
Reka HEGEDUS (SVK)
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR)
Liliia MALANCHUK (UKR)
Natalia MALYSHEVA (UWW)
Viyaleta REBIKAVA CHYRYK (UWW)

55kg
Irena BINKOVA (BUL)
Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA)
Amory ANDRICH (GER)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA)
Roksana ZASINA (POL)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)
Oleksandra KHOMENETS (UKR)
Aliaksandra BULAVA (UWW)
Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW)

57kg
Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE)
Sezen BELBEROVA (BUL)
Graciela SANCHEZ DIAZ (ESP)
Jenna HEMIAE (FIN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
Mihaela SAMOIL (MDA)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Evelina HULTHEN (SWE)
Elvira SULEYMAN KAMALOGLU (TUR)
Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
Iryna KURACHKINA (UWW)
Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (UWW)

59kg
Alyona KOLESNIK (AZE)
Fatme SHABAN (BUL)
Anna MICHALCOVA (CZE)
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
Aurora RUSSO (ITA)
Mariana CHERDIVARA (MDA)
Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)
Lara GORCS (SVK)
Bediha GUN (TUR)
Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR)
Alesia HETMANAVA (UWW)
Anastasiia SIDELNIKOVA (UWW)

62kg
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Lydia PEREZ TOURINO (ESP)
Iris THIEBAUX (FRA)
Luisa NIEMESCH (GER)
Nikolett SZABO (HUN)
Aurora CAMPAGNA (ITA)
Ineta DANTAITE (LTU)
Nina BODISTEANU (MDA)
Alicja NOWOSAD (POL)
Amina CAPEZAN (ROU)
Sara LINDBORG (SWE)
Selvi ILYASOGLU (TUR)
Iryna BONDAR (UKR)
Veranika IVANOVA (UWW)
Alina KASABIEVA (UWW)

65kg
Ruzanna MAMMADOVA (AZE)
Marta OJEDA NAVARRO (ESP)
Anne NUERNBERGER (GER)
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Elma ZEIDLERE (LAT)
Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Natalia KUBATY (POL)
Viktoria FOELDESIOVA (SVK)
Beyza AKKUS (TUR)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)
Krystsina SAZYKINA (UWW)
Dinara KUDAEVA (UWW)

68kg
Albina DRAZHI (ALB)
Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE)
Nerea PAMPIN BLANCO (ESP)
Kendra DACHER (FRA)
Sophia SCHAEFLE (GER)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU)
Michaela SEBOEKOVA (SVK)
Tindra SJOEBERG (SWE)
Buse TOSUN (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)
Alina SHAUCHUK (UWW)
Elizaveta PETLIAKOVA (UWW)

72kg
Pauline LECARPENTIER (FRA)
Jennifer ROESLER (GER)
Emilia CRECIUN (MDA)
Daniela TKACHUK (POL)
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU)
Zsuzsanna MOLNAR (SVK)
Elvira ERSSON (SWE)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Alla BELINSKA (UKR)
Viktoryia RADZKOVA (UWW)
Kseniia BURAKOVA (UWW)

76kg
Martina KUENZ (AUT)
Vanesa GEORGIEVA (BUL)
Laura KUEHN (GER)
Enrica RINALDI (ITA)
Kamile GAUCAITE (LTU)
Catalina AXENTE (ROU)
Yasemin ADAR (TUR)
Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR)
Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA (UWW)
Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW)

Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)Four-time Olympic medalist Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) is going for his eighth European Championships title. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Greco-Roman

55kg
Manvel KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE)
Vakhtang LOLUA (GEO)
Artiom DELEANU (MDA)
Arnold MEGALY (SVK)
Emre MUTLU (TUR)
Koriun SAHRADIAN (UKR)
Emin SEFERSHAEV (UWW)

60kg
Karapet MANVELYAN (ARM)
Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)
Nedyalko PETROV (BUL)
Amiran SHAVADZE (GEO)
Melkamu FETENE (ISR)
Tommaso BOSI (ITA)
Justas PETRAVICIUS (LTU)
Victor CIOBANU (MDA)
Olivier SKRZYPCZAK (POL)
Denis MIHAI (ROU)
Georgij TIBILOV (SRB)
Ekrem OZTURK (TUR)
Viktor PETRYK (UKR)
Sadyk LALAEV (UWW)

63kg
Karen ASLANYAN (ARM)
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO)
Tino OJALA (FIN)
Leo TUDEZCA (FRA)
Beka GURULI (GEO)
Etienne KINSINGER (GER)
Aleksandrs JURKJANS (LAT)
Vitalie ERIOMENCO (MDA)
Mairbek SALIMOV (POL)
Kerem KAMAL (TUR)
Andrii SEMENCHUK (UKR)
Hleb MAKARANKA (UWW)
Dinislam BAMMATOV (UWW)

67kg
Gjete PRENGA (ALB)
Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM)
Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE)
Abu AMAEV (BUL)
Dominik ETLINGER (CRO)
Yanis GUENDEZ NIFRI (FRA)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Haavard JOERGENSEN (NOR)
Arslanbek SALIMOV (POL)
Sebastian NAD (SRB)
Andreas VETSCH (SUI)
Niklas OEHLEN (SWE)
Murat FIRAT (TUR)
Oleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR)
Ruslan BICHURIN (UWW)

72kg
Shant KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE)
Ivo ILIEV (BUL)
Pavel PUKLAVEC (CRO)
Jakub SIMCIK (CZE)
Mikko PELTOKANGAS (FIN)
Ibrahim GHANEM (FRA)
Iuri LOMADZE (GEO)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Kristupas SLEIVA (LTU)
Mihai PETIC (MDA)
Morten THORESEN (NOR)
Aleksander MIELEWCZYK (POL)
Ali ARSALAN (SRB)
Michael PORTMANN (SUI)
Henrik DAHLEN (SWE)
Mehmet SAHIN (TUR)
Parviz NASIBOV (UKR)
Aliaksandr LIAVONCHYK (UWW)
Alen MIRZOIAN (UWW)

77kg
Kevin KUPI (ALB)
Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM)
Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE)
Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Antonio KAMENJASEVIC (CRO)
Michal ZELENKA (CZE)
Oliver KRUEGER (DEN)
Marcos SANCHEZ (ESP)
Jonni SARKKINEN (FIN)
Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO)
Idris IBAEV (GER)
Georgios SOTIRIADIS (GRE)
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
Paulius GALKINAS (LTU)
Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA)
Mateusz BERNATEK (POL)
Aleksa ILIC (SRB)
Oliver OLAH (SVK)
Per OLOFSSON (SWE)
Ahmet YILMAZ (TUR)
Irfan MIRZOIEV (UKR)
Maksim SHEDZ (UWW)
Sergei STEPANOV (UWW)

82kg
Samvel GRIGORYAN (ARM)
Michael WAGNER (AUT)
Gurban GURBANOV (AZE)
Ibrahim TABAEV (BEL)
Svetoslav NIKOLOV (BUL)
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Ivo SVIGLER (CZE)
Artem SHAPOVALOV (FIN)
Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
Luca DARIOZZI (ITA)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Per Anders KURE (NOR)
Ramon BETSCHART (SUI)
Denis HORVATH (SVK)
Alexander JOHANSSON (SWE)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR)
Ilya BITSEYEU (UWW)
Islam ALIEV (UWW)

87kg
Karen KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Islam ABBASOV (AZE)
Semen NOVIKOV (BUL)
Ivan HUKLEK (CRO)
Waltteri LATVALA (FIN)
Vladimeri KARCHAIDZE (FRA)
Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Hannes WAGNER (GER)
Ilias PAGKALIDIS (GRE)
David LOSONCZI (HUN)
Gabriel LUPASCO (MDA)
Marcel STERKENBURG (NED)
Exauce MUKUBU (NOR)
Szymon SZYMONOWICZ (POL)
Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB)
Damian VON EUW (SUI)
Norbert SIPKA (SVK)
Muhittin SARICICEK (TUR)
Yaroslav FILCHAKOV (UKR)
Ihar YARASHEVICH (UWW)
Milad ALIRZAEV (UWW)

97kg
Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)
Markus RAGGINGER (AUT)
Murad AHMADIYEV (AZE)
Kiril MILOV (BUL)
Kristian LUKAC (CRO)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mathias BAK (DEN)
Richard KARELSON (EST)
Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)
Giorgi MELIA (GEO)
Lucas LAZOGIANIS (GER)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA)
Mindaugas VENCKAITIS (LTU)
Tyrone STERKENBURG (NED)
Felix BALDAUF (NOR)
Gerard KURNICZAK (POL)
Nicu OJOG (ROU)
Alex KESSIDIS (SWE)
Beytullah KAYISDAG (TUR)
Serhii OMELIN (UKR)
Kiryl MASKEVICH (UWW)
Artur SARGSIAN (UWW)

130kg
David OVASAPYAN (ARM)
Beka KANDELAKI (AZE)
Heiki NABI (EST)
Konsta MAEENPAEAE (FIN)
Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO)
Jello KRAHMER (GER)
Apostolos TSIOVOLOS (GRE)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
Danila SOTNIKOV (ITA)
Mantas KNYSTAUTAS (LTU)
Hamza BAKIR (TUR)
Mykhailo VYSHNYVETSKYI (UKR)
Dzmitry ZARUBSKI (UWW)
Sergei SEMENOV (UWW)