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Watch: Bolat Turlykhanov Cup ten freestyle finals

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 10:13 By Vinay Siwach

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (June 8) -- The Bolat Turlykhanov Cup marked the second Ranking Series event of the year and wrestlers took this opportunity to grab some crucial ranking points.

Iran brought a strong freestyle team with three world champions and a U20 world champion to Almaty. All four of them reached the final of their respective weight classes with three winning gold.

Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang PUNIA (IND) suffered a shock loss for the first time at a Ranking Series but returned to win the bronze medal at 65kg.

Here are the 10 freestyle finals from Almaty.

57kg: Round 5 - AMAN (IND) vs. Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)

61kg - GOLD: Zhassulan TASKUL (KAZ) vs. Bekbolot MYRZANAZAR UULU (KGZ)

65kg: GOLD - Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL) vs. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB)

70kg: GOLD - Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ) vs. Rodion ANCHUGIN (KAZ)

74kg: GOLD - Byambadorj BAT-ERDENE (MGL) vs. Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)

79kg: GOLD - Saiakbai USUPOV (KGZ) vs. Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)

86kg: GOLD - Boris MAKOEV (SVK) vs. Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)

92kg: GOLD - Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) vs. Adilet DAVLUMBAYEV (KAZ)

97kg - GOLD: Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI) vs. Batyrbek TCAKULOV (SVK)

125kg: GOLD - Amir ZARE (IRI) vs. Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)

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Lalovic awarded 'Dustlik' Order by Uzbekistan

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 17:17 By United World Wrestling Press

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (October 14) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC was awarded the Dustlik Order by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV on Monday in the Uzbekistan capital.

Lalovic was on an official visit to Uzbekistan and was awarded the order for significant contribution to the development of mass sports and support for martial arts in Uzbekistan.

During the meeting, Lalovic and Mirziyoyev also discussed increasing co-operation between UWW and Uzbekistan, providing expert support and promoting sports in the country, mainly wrestling, Kurash, and Mixed Martial Arts.

Uzbekistan, a country with rich history of wrestling, has seen exceptional results recently with its Greco-Roman team finishing inside top three in the world at various World Championships. It also won the Freestyle 74kg gold medal at the Paris Olympics through Razambek JAMALOV (UZB) who ended the 20-year drought for gold.

The recent success was also a point of discussion during the meeting in Tashkent with Mirziyoyev briefing Lalovic about Uzbekistan's success.

According to Uzbekistan media, the discussions were also around hosting major continental and world championships in Uzbekistan, establishing a Regional Wrestling Academy under UWW and partnership opportunities in sports medicine, nutrition, psychology, and other priority areas.