#wrestlebishkek, #WrestleParis

Asian OG Qualifier 2024 Entry List

By United World Wrestling Press

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (April 4) -- The final continental qualifiers for Paris 2024 will be held in Bishkek from April 19 to 21 with 209 wrestlers fighting for the 36 quotas.

The tournament will be held two days after the Asian Championships at the same venue and live on UWW+ through uww.org and the UWW App.

Like all other continental qualifiers, there will be no gold-medal, repechage and bronze-medal bouts. The winners of the two semifinals in each Olympic weight class will earn a spot for their country for the Paris Games.

Freestyle

57kg
Wanhao ZOU (CHN)
AMAN (IND)
Ahmad JAVAN (IRI)
Khattab AL ANI (IRQ)
Yerassyl MUKHTARULY (KAZ)
Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Munkh Erdene BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Muhammad BILAL (PAK)
Alvin LOBREGUITO (PHI)
Ali ABURUMAILA (PLE)
Chong Song HAN (PRK)
Gayan KATHURANGANA (SRI)
Aiaal BELOLYUBSKII (TJK)
Kabe MATJANOV (TKM)
Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

65kg
Alibeg ALIBEGOV (BRN)
Shaohua YUAN (CHN)
SUJEET (IND)
Mohammed KAREEM (IRQ)
Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN)
Maiis ALIYEV (KAZ)
Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ)
Junsik YUN (KOR)
Tsogbadrakh TSEVEENSUREN (MGL)
Muhammad ABDULLAH (PAK)
Abdullah ASSAF (PLE)
Kwang Jin KIM (PRK)
Divoshan CHARLES FERNANDO (SRI)
Abdulmazhid KUDIEV (TJK)
Jelaletdin SEYIDOV (TKM)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)
Ibrahim GUZAN (YEM)

74kg
Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN)
Feng LU (CHN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Yones EMAMI (IRI)
Ali AL OBAIDI (IRQ)
Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Byungmin GONG (KOR)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Fierre AFAN (PHI)
Madushanka LAKMAL (SRI)
Magomet EVLOEV (TJK)
Alp BEGENJOV (TKM)
Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB)

86kg
Magomed SHARIPOV (BRN)
Vuthy HENG (CAM)
Zushen LIN (CHN)
Deepak PUNIA (IND)
Mustafa AL OBAIDI (IRQ)
Erzo ISAKOV (JOR)
Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN)
Nurtilek KARYPBAEV (KGZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Bat Erdene BYAMBASUREN (MGL)
Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM)

97kg
Awusayiman HABILA (CHN)
DEEPAK (IND)
Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI)
Arash YOSHIDA (JPN)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Andrey ARONOV (KGZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Gankhuyag GANBAATAR (MGL)
Muhammad INAM (PAK)
Badzha KHUTABA (SYR)
Shatlyk HEMELYAYEV (TKM)
Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB)

125kg
Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN)
Zhiwei DENG (CHN)
SUMIT (IND)
Taiki YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ)
Yeihyun JUNG (KOR)
Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)
Zaman ANWAR (PAK)
Omar SAREM (SYR)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB)

Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ) will look to earn spot for Kyrgyzstan in Women's Wrestling 68kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Women’s Wrestling

50kg
Samnang DIT (CAM)
VINESH (IND)
Laura GANIKYZY (KAZ)
Miran CHEON (KOR)
Jiah PINGOT (PHI)
Son Hyang KIM (PRK)
Nipuni WASANA (SRI)
Vatansulton SHAKARSHOEVA (TJK)
Meng HSIEH (TPE)
Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA (UZB)
Thi Xuan NGUYEN (VIE)

53kg
Qianyu PANG (CHN)
Zhuldyz ESHIMOVA (KAZ)
Aizhan SABYRBEK KYZY (KGZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Aliah GAVALEZ (PHI)
Hyo Gyong CHOE (PRK)
Nethmi AHINSA (SRI)
Shokhida AKHMEDOVA (UZB)
Thi NGUYEN (VIE)

57kg
Kexin HONG (CHN)
ANSHU (IND)
Emma TISSINA (KAZ)
Kalmira BILIMBEKOVA (KGZ)
Youngjin KWON (KOR)
Bolortuya KHURELKHUU (MGL)
In Sun JONG (PRK)
Laylokhon SOBIROVA (UZB)

62kg
Jia LONG (CHN)
MANSI (IND)
Irina KUZNETSOVA (KAZ)
Hanbit LEE (KOR)
Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL)
Arian CARPIO (PHI)
Hyon Gyong MUN (PRK)
Gulmira AITMURATOVA (UZB)

68kg
Feng ZHOU (CHN)
NISHA (IND)
Yelena SHALYGINA (KAZ)
Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Ohyoung HA (KOR)
Sol Gum PAK (PRK)
Nabira ESENBAEVA (UZB)

76kg
Juan WANG (CHN)
REETIKA (IND)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Eunju HWANG (KOR)
Davaanasan ENKH AMAR (MGL)
Hui Tsz CHANG (TPE)
Svetlana OKNAZAROVA (UZB)

Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) will try to win a Paris 2024 quota for Uzbekistan in Greco-Roman 87kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Greco-Roman

60kg
SUPARMANTO (INA)
Sumit SUMIT (IND)
Ali ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)
Dahyun KIM (KOR)
Munthir JANDU (KSA)
Baljinnyam TSEVEENRAVDAN (MGL)
Mark OLIVEROS (PHI)
Se Ung RI (PRK)
Alexander CUEVAS (SGP)
Aslamdzhon AZIZOV (TJK)
Umit DURDYYEV (TKM)
Jui Chi HUANG (TPE)

67kg
HUSIYUETU (CHN)
Muhammad ALIANSYAH (INA)
ASHU (IND)
Karrar ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN)
Meiirzhan SHERMAKHANBET (KAZ)
Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ)
Hansu RYU (KOR)
Faisal ALDOSSARY (KSA)
Jason BAUCAS (PHI)
Yong Jin RO (PRK)
Mohamad ALOBEID (SYR)
Firuz MIRZORAJABOV (TJK)
Rovshen ATDAYEV (TKM)
Abror ATABAEV (UZB)

77kg
Rui LIU (CHN)
VIKAS (IND)
Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI)
Ali ALABODA (IRQ)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Dowon LEE (KOR)
Hassan BARNAWI (KSA)
Gadiel MISSO (SGP)
Bazargeldi EZIMOV (TKM)

87kg
Haitao QIAN (CHN)
Sunil KUMAR (IND)
Alireza MOHMADIPIANI (IRI)
Sultan EID (JOR)
Soh SAKABE (JPN)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Sanghyeok PARK (KOR)
Aryan BIN AZMAN (SGP)
Sukhrob ABDULKHAEV (TJK)
Yhlas ABDURAZAKOV (TKM)
Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)

97kg
Yiming LI (CHN)
NITESH (IND)
Yuri NAKAZATO (JPN)
Olzhas SYRLYBAY (KAZ)
Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Seungjun KIM (KOR)
Ibrahim FALLATAH (KSA)
Mirzoamin SAFAROV (TJK)
Amanberdi AGAMAMMEDOV (TKM)
Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB)

130kg
NAVEEN (IND)
Ali AL SHARUEE (IRQ)
Sota OKUMURA (JPN)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Roman KIM (KGZ)
Seungchan LEE (KOR)
Eduard BABENOSHEV (TJK)
Aybegshazada KURRAYEV (TKM)
Temurbek NASIMOV (UZB)

#WrestleNoviSad

U23 World Championships 2025 Day 6 Freestyle Highlights

By Vinay Siwach

NOVI SAD, Serbia (October 25) -- The U23 World Championships 2025 in Novi Sad will see four Freestyle weight classes -- 57kg, 70kg, 79kg and 125kg -- in action on day six.

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14:00: Abolfazl MOHAMMAD NEZHAD (IRI), a world U20 silver medalist, reaches the semifinals at 125kg in Novi Sad after an 8-0  win over Khachatur KHACHATRYAN (ARM).

13:40: Luke LILLEDAHL (USA) got taken down by Milad VALIZADEH (IRI) for the opening score in their match but Lilledahl comes back and scores three takedowns to lead 6-2 at the break. He keeps the momentum going in the second period and beats Valizadeh 11-5 at 57kg.

13:25: Levi HAINES (USA) is on a mission here. He blanks Aykan SEID (BUL), 10-0, in the 79kg quarterfinals and powers his way into the semifinals.

13:10: PJ DUKE (USA) was challenged a little by Kaito MORITA (JPN) but he uses a big four-pointer to win 7-3 and advance to the semifinals at 70kg.

12:55: Milad VALIZADEH (IRI) had to wait for it but he beats Luka GVINJILIA (GEO), 12-2, at 57kg. Solid gut-wrench from Valizadeh to win his bout.

12:40: U20 world champion Luke LILLEDAHL (USA) needed four minutes and 25 seconds to see off Honghang LIAO (CHN) at 57kg. Lilledahl is the favorite to capture the gold here in Nvoi Sad. 

12:30: Yuta KIKUCHI (JPN) stars off with a 7-2 win against Vladyslav ABRAMOV (UKR) at 57kg. Very controlled win from the Japanese who has world champion Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN) and Olympic champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) in his corner.

12:15: In a match between world silver medalist Levi HAINES (USA) and U20 world champion Mahdi YOUSEFI (IRI), Haines comes out on top 7-0. Yousefi completely shut down there in this 79kg bout.

11:45: Sina KHALILI (IRI) with a 12-2 technical superiority win over Naveen KUMAR (IND) at 70kg. That gu-wrench was very effective for Khalili.

11:40: PJ DUKE (USA) with a huge 10-0 win over Rostislav LEICHT (GER) at 70kg. He looks in top form and better than his run in Samokov where he won gold at the U20 World Championships. 

11:25: Luka GVINJILIA (GEO) with an excellent strategy against recent U20 world silver medalist Sumit MALIK (IND). Gvinjilia scored a double leg attack and turned Malik twice to lead 6-0. Despite his strong efforts, Malik could only score 5 points and lost his 57kg bout 6-5

11:00: Sina KHALILI (IRI) hangs on to beat Omar OMAROV (UWW) 6-5 at 70kg. Both Omarov led 5-4 when Khalili forced a stepout with 24 seconds left. Omarov challenged the call for a par terre position but the challenge was lost, giving a 6-5 lead to Khalili. Omarov then tried two pushouts which were both called pushouts. Khalili survived there to win 6-5

10:50: Luka CHKHITUNIDZE (GEO) with a brilliant fireman's carry for four points against CHANDERMOHAN (IND) before he adds a huge reverse slam for a five points. A pushout to end the match 10-0 in two minutes and 18 seconds at 79kg.

10:35: U20 world champion PJ DUKE (USA) up against Begijon KULDASHEV (UZB) at 70kg. He gets a point for Kuldashev's passivity before scoring a takedown for two points and lead 3-0 at the break. A point for Kuldashev in the second period but Duke hits two takedowns and then defends to win 7-1.