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#WrestleTokyo Day Three Preview

Monday, August 2, 2021 - 23:15 By Eric Olanowski

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The biggest storylines to follow heading into the third day of action:

- Five world champs and the reigning Olympic champ taking the mat at 67kg.

- Two-time world gold medalist Zhan BELENIUK ??and reigning European champ Zurabi DATUNASHVILI ?? set to collide in the first round at 87kg.

-Individual World Cup finalist rematch between Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA ?? and Anastasija GRIGORJEVA ?? will go down in the first round.

#WrestleTokyo ?‍♀️ action starts at 11:00am (local time ??).
 

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WATCH: Chasing 97kg gold

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 12:12 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (November 3) -- The 97kg weight class at the World Championships in Zagreb saw all four Paris Olympic medalists entered with Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN), defending world champion, as the favorite to win the gold medal in Zagreb.

Apart from Tazhudinov, the field included silver medalist from Paris and European champion Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO), Paris bronze medalists Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) and Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI), world and Olympic champion Kyle SNYDER (USA), Asian champion Arash YOSHIDA (JPN) and multiple elite wrestlers.

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Magomedov and Matcharashvili bowed out early the semifinals pairs were -- Tazhudinov vs Azarpira and Snyder vs Yoshida.

Azarpira knocked off Tazhudinov with a thrilling win in the semifinals and Snyder used his experience to beat Yoshida to enter the final against Azarpira who had defeated him in Paris in the bronze-medal bout.

Snyder and Azapira squared off in the final with the latter taking early lead but the Snyder, the machine he is, came back and defeated the Iranian 4-2, winning his fourth gold medal at the World Championships.

Tazhudinov and Yoshida went on to win the bronze medals on offer, finishing the podium in one of the premium weight classes in the world.