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#WrestlePlovdiv Live Blog: U23 European Championships Day 3

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 08:16 By Vinay Siwach

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PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (March 9) -- It's day three at the U23 European Championships and some of the biggest names of women's wrestling will be in action in Plovdiv. World champion Irina RINGACI (MDA) and her fellow teammate and defending champion Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) will be on the mat. Moldova's rising star and junior Worlds silver medalist Maria LEORDA (MDA) also wrestles today. Keep an eye on U23 world champion Andreea ANA (ROU).

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Olympic medalistsTen Olympic medalists are at #WrestlePlovdiv as Greco-Roman coaches. (Photo: UWW / Kadir Caliskan) 

1245: U23 world champion Andreea ANA (ROU) leads 5-0 against Nova BERGMAN (SWE) at the break at 55kg. A whizzer to get her four points to get going. Bergman did provide some challenge but Ana moves into the semifinal

1225: Anna SZEL (HUN) and Morena DE VITA (ITA) with a humdinger! The Hungarian was leading 6-4 with 20 seconds remaining and defended an attack with a split. But De Vita scored a takedown with 5 seconds remaining. Hungary challenged the call but lost.

1215: Earlier in the day, defending silver medalist Zeynep YETGIL (TUR) came up with a huge five-point throw before securing the pin over Laura STANELYTE (LTU) at 55kg

1210: Bernadett NAGY (HUN) with a first-period 11-0 win over Vanesa KALOYANOVA (BUL) at 76kg. She is looking for her first continental title.

1200: A series of gut and exposures from world champion Irina RINGACI (MDA) and she moves on to the quarterfinals at 68kg

1155: Ersel almost has a takedown but Szeker defends by keeping her opponent's hand in grip. Both are in the danger zone but the referee scores a stepout for Szeker. Germany challenges the call asking for a takedown. It is confirmed that Ersel actually stepped out before getting the takedown. 6-3 win for Szeker

1150: A tight first-round battle going on Mat B! Szimonetta SZEKER (HUN) leads Lisa ERSEL (GER) by a point. She was called passive early but scored a takedown before giving up one. Now, she has scored another to lead 4-3

1140: Defending champion Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) warms up with a victory via fall over Fatme SHABAN (BUL). She is coming from a gold medal-winning performance in Istanbul.

1100: After some great action in Greco-Roman, it's time for women's wrestling at the U23 European Championships in Plovdiv. Some big names are entered for the five weight classes that are in action.

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U20 Amateur MMA: New Zealand, Tajikistan crown world champs

Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 06:09 By Vinay Siwach

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LOUTRAKI, Greece (November 11) -- Gold medals for Tajikistan and New Zealand highlighted the first U20 World Amateur MMA Championships in Loutraki, Greece.

Tajikistan won two golds medals, both in men's division, while New Zealand won a gold medal through Lily HOUBEN (NZL) in women's division in the five-day event.

Houben, who is quickly making a name for herself in the New Zealand combat sports circles, used a classic armbar to submit Dinara TIUTIUNOVA (UWW) in the only bout, which was the final, at 90kg.

Apart from 90kg, three more weight classes were in action in women's -- 50kg, 61kg and 65kg. Alina NAIDINA (UWW) defeated Kseniia SHIPILKINA (UWW) to win the gold medal at 50kg.

Ukraine won golds at 61kg and 66kg through Yana MELNYCHUK (UKR) and Yuliia MELNYCHUK (UKR), the sisters helping it win the time title as well with 50 points. New Zealand finished second with 25 points.

Muhammadkabir NAZARZODA (TJK)Muhammadkabir NAZARZODA (TJK) won gold medal in the 62kg weight category. (Photo: United World Wrestling)

In men's, nine weight classes were in action with champions from Tajikistan, Moldova, France, Ukraine and UWW fighters.

Ukraine, once again the best team, won two gold medals, both at the expense of Kazakhstan. The first came at 77kg when Kyryl KYSELOV (UKR) defeated Kydyrali KAIRGALI (KAZ) in the final and the second came at 100kg as Yevhenii MURADOV (UKR) beat Radomir MOROZOV (KAZ) in the final.

Muhammadkabir NAZARZODA (TJK) gave Tajikistan its first gold medal when he defeated Maksim BUSYGIN (UWW) in the 62kg final. Soon after, : Mukhammadamin SHAMOLOV (TJK) added a second gold medal for the country when he beat Nikita LIKHTIN (UWW) in the 66kg final.

For Moldova, Ion SILI (MDA) showed his dominance in the 93kg final as he defeated Alikhan EVLOEV (UWW) to win the gold medal.

At 130kg, former U17 world silver medalist in Freestyle 125kg and U20 European bronze Levan LAGVILAVA (FRA) used his wrestling skills to win both bouts in the Nelson bracket to win the gold medal. Lagvilava recently finish fifth at the U20 World Championships.

Alibeg ALIBEKOV (UWW) won gold medal at 57kg, Ian GURBANOV (UWW) at 71kg, and Viktor SHEENKO (UWW) at 84kg.

RESULTS

U20 Men's Amateur MMA

57kg
GOLD: Alibeg ALIBEKOV (UWW)
SILVER: Bohdan CHORNEI (UKR)
BRONZE: Arturo COLMENAREJO GARCIA (ESP)
BRONZE: Kyllian DURANDET (FRA)

62kg
GOLD: Muhammadkabir NAZARZODA (TJK)
SILVER: Maksim BUSYGIN (UWW)
BRONZE: Amir ALKANOV (KAZ)
BRONZE: Mikhail KLIMENKO (UWW)

66kg
GOLD: Mukhammadamin SHAMOLOV (TJK)
SILVER: Nikita LIKHTIN (UWW)
BRONZE: Mansur ABDRAKHMAN (KAZ)
BRONZE: Oleh CHERNIK (UKR)

71kg
GOLD: Ian GURBANOV (UWW)
SILVER: Bilel BOULAMA (FRA)
BRONZE: Bohdan BECHKO (UKR)
BRONZE: Isa KHARSIEV (UWW)

77kg
GOLD: Kyryl KYSELOV (UKR)
SILVER: Kydyrali KAIRGALI (KAZ)
BRONZE: Ali SHARIFOV (KAZ)
BRONZE: Aliskhan DUDURGOV (UWW)

84kg
GOLD: Viktor SHEENKO (UWW)
SILVER: Andrii BOIAR (UKR)
BRONZE: Vadym ZHUKOV (UKR)
BRONZE: Athanasios MADEMLIS (GRE)

93kg
GOLD: Ion SILI (MDA)
SILVER: Alikhan EVLOEV (UWW)
BRONZE: Yehor RAILIANU (UKR)
BRONZE: Yerkebulan ASSANOV (KAZ)

100kg
GOLD: Yevhenii MURADOV (UKR)
SILVER: Radomir MOROZOV (KAZ)
BRONZE: Anton MAZAEV (UWW)
BRONZE: Cinar PAMUK (TUR)

130kg
GOLD: Levan LAGVILAVA (FRA)
SILVER: Mateusz ZIENKIEWICZ (POL)
BRONZE: Yerassyl SARTBAY (KAZ)

U20 Women's Amateur MMA

50kg
GOLD: Alina NAIDINA (UWW)
SILVER: Kseniia SHIPILKINA (UWW)

61kg
GOLD: Yana MELNYCHUK (UKR)
SILVER: Diana PARFENOVA (UWW)
BRONZE: Alessia AMENDOLA (ITA)
BRONZE: Tetiana LAPTIEVA (UKR)

65kg
GOLD: Yuliia MELNYCHUK (UKR)
SILVER: Renata AZNABAEVA (UWW)

90kg
GOLD: Lily HOUBEN (NZL)
SILVER: Dinara TIUTIUNOVA (UWW)