#Trnava2018

World Champs Susaki, Larroque Lead #Trnava2018 Field

Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 13:54 By Eric Olanowski

TRNAVA, Slovakia (September 2) - The final women's wrestling entries for the #Trnava2018 World Championships have been submitted and the most surprising entry comes from reigning senior-level world champion, Yui SUSAKI (JPN).

Susaki, Japan's 19-year-old superstar won three straight Cadet World Championships before heading to Paris last year to claim her first senior-level World Championship, defeating current world No.1 Alina VUC (ROU), 14-4.

The 2018 Junior World Championships will be Susaki's first junior-level competition ever.

Another surprising entry comes from France's U23 world champion and 2017 world bronze medalist, Koumba LARROQUE. Larroque enters her first junior-level competition since winning the 2016 Junior World Championship gold medal.

Reigning champions Sae NANJO (JPN) and Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) also make their return to the Junior World Championships with hopes of winning back-to-back gold medals.

ROSTERS
AZE
50kg - Yasaman MAJIDLI
53kg - Tatyana VARANSOVA
65kg - Jeyla NAGHIZADE

BLR
50kg - Viktoryia APALONIK
53kg - Yuliya ZHAUNERYK
55kg - Darya SINKAVETS
59kg - Maryia HULIDA
62kg - Krystsina SAZYKINA
65kg - Hanna SADCHANKA
68kg - Yauheniya ANDREICHYKAVA
72kg - Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA

BRA
72kg - Thais DE LUCAS DE OLIVEIRA

BUL
50kg - Raymyal ZIBEROVA
53kg - Kremena PETROVA
55kg - Sezen BELBEROVA
57kg - Aleksandrina KASHINOVA
62kg - Yuliana YANEVA
68kg - Siyka IVANOVA

CAN
50kg - Samantha ROMANO
53kg - Jayd DAVIS
57kg - Hannah TAYLOR
59kg - Sara BRINKAC
62kg - Xiao LIU
65kg - Megan FENDELET
68kg - Dejah SLATER

CHN
50kg - Yumei ZHONGCHN
53kg - Yuhong ZHONG
55kg - Jiajing HOU
57kg - Qi ZHANG
59kg - Xiuyun CHEN
62kg - Xinyuan SUN
65kg - Yue ZHANG
68kg - Man ZHANG
76kg - Yuanyuan HUANG

EGY
50kg - Nada MOHAMED
65kg - Mona AHMED

France's U23 World Champion, Koumba LARROQUE. (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne.)

FRA
72kg - Koumba LARROQUE

GER
50kg - Ellen RIESTERER
55kg - Anne NUERNBERGER
57kg - Serena BOELKE
59kg - Debora LAWNITZAK
62kg - Janny SOMMERMEYER
65kg - Eyleen SEWINA

HUN
55kg - Szimonetta SZEKER
57kg - Tamara DOLLAK
59kg - Erika BOGNAR
62kg - Viktoria FELHO
76kg - Bernadett NAGY

IND
50kg - Shivani PAWAR
53kg - Swati SHINDE
55kg - Reena REENA
57kg - Mansi MANSI
59kg - Sangeeta SANGEETA
62kg - Anshu ANSHU
65kg - Tina TINA
68kg - Divya KAKRAN
72kg - Sonika HOODA
76kg - Karuna KARUNA

ITA
50kg - Emanuela LIUZZI
53kg - Carmen DI DIO
55kg - Teresa LUMIA
59kg - Morena DE VITA
62kg - Aurora CAMPAGNA
65kg - Elena ESPOSITO
72kg - Enrica RINALDI
76kg - Eleni PJOLLAJ

Reigning Junior World Champion, Sae NANJO (JPN). (Photo by Marion Stein)

JPN
50kg - Yui SUSAKI
53kg - Umi IMAI
55kg - Saki IGARASHI
57kg - Andoriahanako SAWA
59kg - Sae NANJO
62kg - Rin KONDO
62kg - Atena KODAMA
65kg - Miyu IMAI
68kg - Miwa MORIKAWA
72kg - Naruha MATSUYUKI
76kg - Yasuha MATSUYUKI

KAZ
50kg - Marina ZAKSHEVSKAYA
53kg - Ellada MAKHYADDINOVA
55kg - Aigerim IBRASHEVA
57kg - Zhanerke ASSANOVA
59kg - Yekaterina FIRSTOVA
62kg - Irina KUZNETSOVA
65kg - Albina KAIRGELDINOVA
68kg - Valeriya GONCHAROVA
72kg - Gulnaz ZHAPPAROVA
76kg - Inkara ZHANATAYEVA

KOR
50kg - Miran CHEON
53kg - Haeyeong IM
55kg - Eunyoung PARK
57kg - Jeongae BARK
59kg - Hwa Young SUNG
62kg - Ohyoung HA
65kg - Hyerim YUN
68kg - Hyeonyeong PARK
72kg - Jisu KIM

LTU
72kg - Kamile GAUCAITE

Anastasia NICHITA, 2018 Junior European Champion. (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

MDA
53kg - Mariana DRAGUTAN
59kg - Anastasia NICHITA

MGL
50kg - Anudari NANDINTSETSEG
53kg - Enkhtsetseg BATBAATAR
55kg - Khaliunaa BAYARAA
57kg - Enkhtuvshin BALJINNYAM
65kg - Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN
68kg - Davaanasan ENKH AMAR
72kg - Namuunzaya BATBOLD
76kg - Ariunjargal GANBAT

NOR
59kg - Laura AAK
62kg - Hedda STRAND

POL
50kg - Magdalena MAJOS
53kg - Alicja CZYZOWICZ
55kg - Patrycja GIL
57kg - Magdalena GLODEK
65kg - Wiktoria CHOLUJ
72kg - Kamila KULWICKA

PUR
55kg - Gabriela RAMOS DIAZ
59kg - Andribeth RIVERA BELLIARD

ROU
50kg - Stefania PRICEPUTU
53kg - Andreea ANA
72kg - Maria NITU

Reigning Junior World Champion, Khanum VELIEVA (RUS). (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

RUS
50kg - Veronika GURSKAYA
53kg - Mariia TIUMEREKOVA
55kg - Aleksandra NITSENKO
57kg - Viktoriia VAULINA
59kg - Alina KAZYMOVA
62kg - Daria BOBRULKO
65kg - Alena TIMOFEEVA
68kg - Khanum VELIEVA
72kg - Evgeniia ZAKHARCHENKO
76kg - Elmira KHALAEVA

SVK
53kg - Nina KOLLAROVA
59kg - Reka BACSFAIOVA
62kg - Kristina OROSZOVA
72kg - Zsuzsanna MOLNAR

SWE
57kg - Sara LINDBORG
62kg - Linnea SVENSSON
68kg - Tindra SJOEBERG
76kg - Denise MAKOTA STROEM

TPE
50kg - Meng HSIEH
53kg - Ya Ling PENG
59kg - Yu Han CHENG
72kg - Hui Tsz CHANG

TUN
50kg - Sarra HAMDI
55kg - Siwar BOUSETTA
57kg - Khouloud EL OUNI
62kg - Fatma INOUBLI
68kg - Rihem AYARI

TUR
50kg - Aynur ERGE
53kg - Zeynep YETGIL
55kg - Nurife DUMAN
57kg - Ozge FINDIKCI
59kg - Sule KABAK
62kg - Gamze Nur ADAKAN
65kg - Asli DEMIR
68kg - Kadriye AKSOY
72kg - Tugba KILIC
76kg - Aysegul OZBEGE

UKR
50kg - Mariia VYNNYK
53kg - Veronika RYABOVOLOVA
55kg - Khrystyna Zoryana DEMKO
57kg - Alina AKOBIIA
59kg - Tetiana RIZHKO
62kg - Anhelina LYSAK
65kg - Iryna KOLIADENKO
68kg - Alina RUDNYTSKA LEVYTSKA
72kg - Romana VOVCHAK
76kg - Anna TISLICHENKO

Reigning Cadet World Champion, Macey KILTY (USA). (Photo by Max Rose-Fyne)

USA
50kg - Alleida MARTINEZ
53kg - Alisha HOWK
55kg - Ronna HEATON
57kg - Alexandra HEDRICK
59kg - Brenda REYNA
62kg - Alexandria LILES
65kg - Jayden LAURENT
68kg - Macey KILTY
72kg - Alyvia FISKE

UZB
50kg - Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA
55kg - Khodicha NAJIMOVA
59kg - Nabira ESENBAEVA
65kg - Bakhtigul BALTANIYAZOVA

2026 U23 European Championships

Three Golds Power Belarus to First U23 Euro Women's Team Title

Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 00:19 By Vinay Siwach

ZRENJANIN, Serbia (March 13) -- Three golds medals on Friday propelled Belarus to win its first-ever Women's Wrestling team title at the U23 European Championships. Belarus finished with 171 points to claim the top spot while Russia was second with 141 points. Ukraine finished third with 140 points.

After winning one gold medal on Thursday, Belarus added three through Aryna DZEMCHANKA MARTYNAVA (BLR), Kseniya TSIARENIA (BLR) and Viktoryia RADZKOVA (BLR). It also won one silver and one bronze while all 10 wrestlers contributed points to the team score.

European champion Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR) claimed the 68kg gold medal on Thursday and the gold rush on Friday began with Martynava scoring a tough win over Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR) in the 57kg final, a repeat from last year's edition.

In what turned out to be one-move match, Martynava scored a double-leg head-outside takedown in the first 10 seconds of the bout. She then sat on her two-point lead for five minutes and 50 seconds. In the second period, Martynava was called passive and Filipovych was given a point.

But the Ukrainian failed to score two more points that were needed for a win that would have avenged her loss from last year's final which Martynava won 8-2.

The Belarus wrestler now has two U23 European gold medals to go with her silver at the U23 World Championships and gold medal at the U20 World Championships.

The second gold for Belarus was won by Kseniya TSIARENIA (BLR) after she defeated Ekaterina KOSHKINA (RUS), 4-2, in the 65kg final. Tsiarenia controlled the match giving little chance to Koshkina to score.

It was only in the dying seconds of the match that Koshkina managed to score a harmless takedown for two points.

The third gold medal for Belarus was won by Viktoryia RADZKOVA (BLR) who denied Veronika VILK (CRO) a chance of winning a historical gold medal at 72kg. Radzkova opened the scoring when Vilk was called passive. Vilk then tried an arm-throw but Radzkova blocked her and scored two points to lead 3-0 at the break.

Vilk tried a headlock in the second period but Radzkova was ready for it and again blocked Vilk's attempt to score two points. A turn for exposure added two more points for Radzkova that extended her lead to 7-0.

Perhaps ready for another throw from Vilk, Radzkova stood up and when Vilk tried the throw, she once again blocked and landed on top. The two points plus two more points for the turn gave Radzkova an 11-0 win with a minute nine seconds left.

Carla JAUME SOLER (ESP) was also trying to achieve a historic gold for Spain but was denied as Anastasiia POLSKA (POL) used a fireman's carry to secure a fall in just a minute and 17 seconds and win gold at 53kg.

Senior world bronze medalist Amina TANDELOVA (RUS) claimed the 62kg gold medal after beating Ruzanna MAMMADOVA (AZE), 5-3, in the final.

Tandelova, who won silver at U23 Europeans in 2023, used a beautiful arm-throw to score the first four-pointer. The first point for Tandelova was from the activity period of Mammadova in which the Azerbaijan wrestler failed to score.

Mammadova scored a takedown and activity clock point to cut the lead but it was still not enough to overturn the result.

RESULTS

53kg
GOLD: Anastasiia POLSKA (UKR) df. Carla JAUME SOLER (ESP), via fall (4-0)

BRONZE: Sevval CAYIR (TUR) vs. Nargiz SAMADOVA (AZE)
BRONZE: Ekaterina KARPUSHKINA (RUS) df. Kseniya KOSTSENICH (BLR), via inj. def.

57kg
GOLD: Aryna DZEMCHANKA MARTYNAVA (BLR) df. Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR), 2-1

BRONZE: Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN) df. Amory ANDRICH (GER), 7-5
BRONZE: Felicitas DOMAJEVA (NOR) df. Romaissa EL KHARROUBI (FRA), 5-0

62kg
GOLD: Amina TANDELOVA (RUS) df. Ruzanna MAMMADOVA (AZE), 5-3

BRONZE: Iris THIEBAUX (FRA) df. Gulsum BINGOL (TUR), 4-0
BRONZE: Alicja WOJEWODZKA NOWOSAD (POL) df. Naemi LEISTNER (GER), 5-1

65kg
GOLD: Kseniya TSIARENIA (BLR) df. Ekaterina KOSHKINA (RUS), 4-2

BRONZE: Maria PANTIRU (ROU) df. Bianca CONTRAFATTO (ITA), via fall (8-0)
BRONZE: Oleksandra RYBAK (UKR) df. Saga SVENSSON (SWE), 11-1

72kg
GOLD: Viktoryia RADZKOVA (BLR) df. Veronika VILK (CRO), 11-0

BRONZE: Karolina JAWORSKA (POL) df. Daniela BRASNAROVA (BUL), 5-0
BRONZE: Kristina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS) df. Greta TVERSKYTE (LTU), 3-3

World Champs Susaki, Larroque Lead #Trnava2018 Field

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Three Golds Power Belarus to First U23 Euro Women's Team Title