#kaspeuro2018

Freestyle Brackets Released for Sixth Day of #KaspEuro2018

By Eric Olanowski

KASPIISK, Russia (May 4) – Freestyle wrestling at the Palace of Sport and Youth continues on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM (local time) with the Russians looking to pick up where the left off after the first day of competition. The host nation's freestyle squad finished day five undefeated and placed all wrestlers into Saturday night’s finals.

Gadshimurad RASHIDOV (RUS), 2017 world finalist, 2016 Olympian Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) and 2015 European Games finalist Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) will be vying for the gold medal at 61kg

At 74kgthe safe bet gold medal winner is between two-time world champion, Frank CHAMIZO (ITA), world and Olympic bronze medalist, Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR), and Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS).

Both Chamizo and Demirtas have multiple European titles under their belts, with Italian having a trio of golds and the Turk with a pair of championships. Meanwhile, Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS), 2017 world runner-up has never competed in a European Championship. 

The must-watch match-up of the morning session is going to be Frank Chamizo and Khetik Tsabolov. That is if they both win their opening round matches. 

Though 86kg reigning champion DAUREN KURUGLIEV (RUS) is not competing, returning medalists Aleksander GOSTIEV (AZE) and Istvan VEREB (HUN) return with hopes of improving their silver and bronze medals.

At 92kgit’s Olympic champions in Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) and Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) vying for top honors. The last time these two met was in the semifinals of the 2016 Olympic Games where Sadualev came out on top with an 8-1 victory. 

Sharifov, the 2012 Olympic champion followed up his London performance with a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games. 

A victory for Sadulaev, the two-time world champion, and Olympic gold medalist would give the hometown favorite his fourth European Championship.

Taha AKGUL (TUR) has his sights on winning his fifth European 125kg title; but the 2016 Olympic champions will most likely have to upend longtime rival and 2017 world champion, Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO).

Akgul and Petriashvili have accounted for every world or Olympic gold medal dating back to 2014, and every European title dating back to 2012. The pair’s 2017 world finals in Paris is considered the greatest freestyle heavyweight wrestling match in history.

#WrestleZagreb

World Championships 2025 Freestyle Entries

By United World Wrestling Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (August 14) -- The Freestyle entries for the World Championships are set. In total, close to 900 wrestlers are participating in the September 13-21 tournament in Zagreb.

In Freestyle, 326 wrestlers are entered to compete at the World Championships that will begin with Freestyle action on September 13. The competition will also see 12 Paris Olympic medalist compete including two gold medalists.

Note: These are preliminary entries and subject to change 72 hours before the Freestyle draw at the World Championships.

Zagreb

57kg
Salah KATEB (ALG)
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Ivaylo TISOV (BUL)
Garette SAUNDERS (CAN)
Chengtao WANG (CHN)
Roland TAMBI NFORSONG (CMR)
Rabby KILANDI (COD)
Peter HAMMER CUDE (CRC)
Guesseppe REA VILLARROEL (ECU)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Niklas STECHELE (GER)
AMAN (IND)
Ali Hossein MOMENI (IRI)
Husein ALBEHADILALBORS (IRQ)
Rin SAKAMOTO (JPN)
Adilet ALMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ)
Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Roman BRAVO YOUNG (MEX)
Munkh Erdene BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Vladimir EGOROV (MKD)
Chong Song HAN (PRK)
Darian CRUZ (PUR)
Azamat TUSKAEV (SRB)
Thomas EPP (SUI)
Aiaal BELOLYUBSKII (TJK)
Muhammet KARAVUS (TUR)
Vladyslav ABRAMOV (UKR)
Spencer LEE (USA)
Aryan TSIUTRYN (UWW)
Musa MEKHTIKHANOV (UWW)
Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)
Pedro MEJIAS (VEN)

61kg
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Manvel KHNDZRTSYAN (ARM)
Georgii OKOROKOV (AUS)
Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Jianhao LIU (CHN)
Ndjidda BOUBA (CMR)
Godefroid KALUBI (COD)
Joshua KRAMER (ECU)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Solomon ADDICO (GHA)
UDIT (IND)
Ahmad JAVAN (IRI)
Simone PIRODDU (ITA)
Takara SUDA (JPN)
Adil OSPANOV (KAZ)
Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
Sangboum HAN (KOR)
Leomid COLESNIC (MDA)
Tuvshintulga TUMENBILEG (MGL)
Besir ALILI (MKD)
Ali ABURUMAILA (PLE)
Kum Hyok KIM (PRK)
Dylan SHAWVER (PUR)
Nils LEUTERT (SUI)
Emrah ORMANOGLU (TUR)
Kamil KERYMOV (UKR)
Jaxen FORREST (USA)
Dzmitry SHAMELA (UWW)
Zavur UGUEV (UWW)
Ibrahim GUZAN (YEM)

65kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Chouaib SAHRAOUI (ALG)
Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG)
Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)
Ali RAHIMZADE (AZE)
Ayub MUSAEV (BEL)
Alibeg ALIBEGOV (BRN)
Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
Peiman BIABANI (CAN)
Tao WEI (CHN)
Roland KALAMBAYI (COD)
Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
Goderdzi DZEBISASHVILI (GEO)
Nico MEGERLE (GER)
SUJEET (IND)
Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)
Mohammed KAREEM (IRQ)
Colin REALBUTO (ITA)
Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN)
Nachyn KUULAR (KAZ)
Ikromzhon KHADZHIMURODOV (KGZ)
Junsik YUN (KOR)
Maxim SACULTAN (MDA)
Gantulga BATBAATAR (MGL)
Stephen IZOLO (NGR)
Abdullah ASSAF (PLE)
Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL)
Kwang KIM (PRK)
Sebastian RIVERA (PUR)
Stefan COMAN (ROU)
Nino LEUTERT (SUI)
Abdulmazhid KUDIEV (TJK)
Cabbar DUYUM (TUR)
Andrii BILIICHUK (UKR)
Real WOODS (USA)
Ibragim IBRAGIMOV (UWW)
Islam GUSEINOV (UWW)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)
Wilfredo RODRIGUEZ BOCANEY (VEN)

70kg
Arman ANDREASYAN (ARM)
Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE)
Shannon HANNA (BAH)
Mihail GEORGIEV (BUL)
Michael ZALE (CAN)
Jorge GATICA (CHI)
Shuang CHEN (CHN)
Gabriel MUANDA (COD)
Anthony WESLEY (CPV)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
ROHIT (IND)
Amirmohammad YAZDANI (IRI)
Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN)
Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ)
Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ)
Yongseok JEONG (KOR)
Vasile DIACON (MDA)
Austin GOMEZ (MEX)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Viktor VOINOVIC (SRB)
Viktor RASSADIN (TJK)
Khairiddine BEN TLILI (TUN)
Haydar YAVUZ (TUR)
Oleksii BORUTA (UKR)
PJ DUKE (USA)
Saiyn KAZYRYK (UWW)
Begijon KULDASHEV (UZB)

74kg
Chermen VALIEV (ALB)
Saad BOUGUERRA (ALG)
Hrayr ALIKHANYAN (ARM)
Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Ibragim VELIEV (BEL)
Renato DA SILVA (BRA)
Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN)
Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)
Adam THOMSON (CAN)
Feng LU (CHN)
Norvil BUKASA (COD)
Vedran LUKETIN (CRO)
Mohammad MOTTAGHINIA (ESP)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Yones EMAMI (IRI)
Luca FINIZIO (ITA)
Kota TAKAHASHI (JPN)
Alibek ABDIKASSYMOV (KAZ)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Daegil HAN (KOR)
Egzon XHONI (KOS)
Ion MARCU (MDA)
Cristian SANTIAGO (MEX)
Tugsjargal ERDENEBAT (MGL)
Rasul SHAPIEV (MKD)
Kamil RYBICKI (POL)
Ok Chol HAN (PRK)
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
Fazli ERYILMAZ (TUR)
Ivan KUSYAK (UKR)
David CARR (USA)
Imam GANISHOV (UWW)
Mirzo KHAYITOV (UZB)
Anthony MONTERO (VEN)

79kg
Abdelkader IKKAL (ALG)
Farid JABBAROV (AZE)
Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN)
Patrik LEDER (CAN)
Tu AHEIYOU (CHN)
Andy MUKENDI (COD)
Marko NIKOLIC (CRO)
Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)
AMIT (IND)
Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
Ryunosuke KAMIYA (JPN)
Daulet YERGESH (KAZ)
Bumgue SEO (KOR)
Alans AMIROVS (LAT)
Vlad STRATAN (MDA)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Dejan MITROV (MKD)
Michael LABRIOLA (PUR)
Iakub SHIKHDZHAMALOV (ROU)
Alfred DANIEL (SLE)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)
Magomet EVLOEV (TJK)
Azymberdi SAPAROV (TKM)
Okan TAHTACI (TUR)
Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR)
Levi HAINES (USA)
Akhmed USMANOV (UWW)

86kg
Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG)
Simon MARCHL (AUT)
Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE)
Nan CAO (CHN)
Matteo MONTEIRO (CPV)
Kreso SKUGOR (CRO)
Ahmed MAHMOUD (EGY)
Taimuraz FRIEV (ESP)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Joshua MORODION (GER)
Mukul DAHIYA (IND)
Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI)
Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Mukhammad ABDULLAEV (KGZ)
Gyeongyeon LEE (KOR)
Ivars SAMUSONOKS (LAT)
Paulius LESCAUSKAS (LTU)
Traian CAPATINA (MDA)
Batbilguun NAADAMBAT (MGL)
Cezary SADOWSKI (POL)
Ethan RAMOS (PUR)
Weng CHOW (SGP)
Boris MAKOEV (SVK)
Soltan BEGENJOV (TKM)
Osman GOCEN (TUR)
Mukhammed ALIIEV (UKR)
Zahid VALENCIA (USA)
Ibragim KADIEV (UWW)
Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (UWW)

92kg
Benjamin GREIL (AUT)
Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Magomed SHARIPOV (BRN)
Ahmed BATAEV (BUL)
Andrew JOHNSON (CAN)
Jumabayi AERGEN (CHN)
Cedric ABOSSOLO (CMR)
Barthelemy TSHOSHA (COD)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Lars SCHAEFLE (GER)
Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE)
Deepak PUNIA (IND)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)
Uri KALASHNIKOV (ISR)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Takashi ISHIGURO (JPN)
Nurdaulet BEKENOV (KAZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Ivan ICHIZLI (MDA)
Demchigdorj TUMURBAATAR (MGL)
Redjep HAJDARI (MKD)
Samuel SCHERRER (SUI)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR)
Ivan CHORNOHUZ (UKR)
Trent HIDLAY (USA)
Amanula GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (UWW)
Yaraslau IADKOUSKI (UWW)

97kg
Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
Akhmed MAGAMAEV (BUL)
Nishan RANDHAWA (CAN)
Awusayiman HABILA (CHN)
Filip HUKLEK (CRO)
Arturo SILOT TORRES (CUB)
Adlan VISKHANOV (FRA)
Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
Ertugrul AGCA (GER)
Emmanuel OSEI SARFO (GHA)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
VICKY (IND)
Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI)
Arash YOSHIDA (JPN)
Hosei FUJITA (JPN)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Domantas PAULIUSCENKO (LTU)
Radu LEFTER (MDA)
Gankhuyag GANBAATAR (MGL)
Magomedgadji NUROV (MKD)
Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL)
Adam JAKSIK (SVK)
Shatlyk HEMELYAYEV (TKM)
Resul GUNE (TUR)
David MCHEDLIDZE (UKR)
Kyle SNYDER (USA)
Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW)
Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (UWW)

125kg
Johannes LUDESCHER (AUT)
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Gabriel DE SOUSA (BRA)
Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN)
Alen KHUBULOV (BUL)
Jorawar DHINSA (CAN)
BUHEEERDUN (CHN)
Filip KOSCIC (CRO)
Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
Mohsen SIYAR (GER)
Issah FUSEINI (GHA)
Azamat KHOSONOV (GRE)
Milan KORCSOG (HUN)
Rajat RUHAL (IND)
Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI)
Taiki YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Gyeongmin KIM (KOR)
Dmitrii DUSCOV (MDA)
Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)
Robert BARAN (POL)
Jonovan SMITH (PUR)
Omar SAREM (ROU)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Murazi MCHEDLIDZE (UKR)
Wyatt HENDRICKSON (USA)
Abdulla KURBANOV (UWW)
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (UWW)
Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB)