#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

#Grappling

Alshinbay defends crown in Grappling Gi; Poland wins team title

Friday, October 17, 2025 - 14:09 By Vinay Siwach

NOVI SAD, Serbia (October 16) -- Coming into the World Grappling Championships, Alikhan ALSHINBAY (KAZ) had one goal -- two become a two time world champ.

But he had disappointing start to competition, losing the No-Gi semifinal in Novi Sad, Serbia. He later bounced back to win the bronze medal but his goal was still not achieved.

Alikhan ALSHINBAY (KAZ) celebrates after winning the 58kg final in Grappling Gi. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

A day later on Thursday, Alshinbay began his title defense at 58kg in Grappling Gi and won his first bout via submission Samir BEN BELKACEM (FRA) to take step closer to the final.

Next up was Joseph DIEHL (USA) in the semifinals but Alshinbay, unbothered, controlled the match from the start and defeated the American grappler 9-3 to book a spot in the final against former U20 world champion ABYLBEKOV (KGZ).

Using his experience, Alshinbay made the final one-sided and used a bow-and-arrow choke to defeat Abylbekov via submission in just three minutes. He claimed his second straight gold medal in Grappling Gi, having won the 2024 world title in his home country Kazakhstan.

At 62kg, after dropping a close final in No-Gi Grappling, Magomedbek TEMEEV (UWW) bounced back and made sure he did not make any mistakes in Grappling Gi. Temeev was facing Rafayel KOSTANYAN (ARM) in the final and got the opening control when Kostanyan decided to start in grounding. The control gave Temeev two points.

Temeev decided to keep his control on top even as Kostanyan tried various moves. The referees called Temeev passive twice which costed him two points but he held a 2-2 criteria lead and won the final.

Two more UWW grapplers, Abduragim MAGOMEDOV (UWW) and Idris OMAROV (UWW), won gold medals on Thursday. MAgomedov defeated Jakub NAJDEK (POL), 5-0, in the 77kg final while Omarov defeated Christian FRILLICI (ITA), 5-2, in the 84kg final.

Youngster Giovanni SUAREZ ARTILES (ESP), who had a disappointing outing in 2024, made amends and defeated Magomed MAGOMEDOV (UWW), 5-3, at 66kg to win the gold medal.

The final began with Magomedov scoring a stepout in standing for one point before Saurez hit a throw to get Magomedov out in standing to make it 1-1 and lead on criteria. Magomedov kept getting control of Saurez who kept stepping out in standing and Magomedov's lead swelled to 3-1.

In the last 30 seconds, Saurez managed to come in a back mount and score via a rear-naked-choke. Though Magomedov did not submit, Saurez got four points for his control which made him a 5-3 winner.

At 92kg, Mateusz MAZUR (POL) was crowned world champion after Ruslan ISRAILOV (KAZ) submitted three minutes into the final.

RESULTS

Men's Grappling Gi

58kg
GOLD: Alikhan ALSHINBAY (KAZ) df. Zhyldyzbek ABYLBEKOV (KGZ), via submission (6-0)

BRONZE: Razmik MISAKYAN (ARM) df. Jerzy IZDEBSKI (POL), 2-0
BRONZE: Joseph DIEHL (USA) df. Samir BEN BELKACEM (FRA), via submission (1-0)

62kg
GOLD: Magomedbek TEMEEV (UWW) df. Rafayel KOSTANYAN (ARM), 2-2

BRONZE: Ruslan RADZHABKHANOV (UWW) df. Kiryl AHEIKA (UWW), 1-0
BRONZE: Asher URBAN HOYER (USA) df. Mark BODO (HUN), via submission

66kg
GOLD: Giovanni SUAREZ ARTILES (ESP) df. Magomed MAGOMEDOV (UWW), 5-3

BRONZE: Adlan ASUEV (KAZ) df. Giorgi RAZMADZE (GEO), via submission
BRONZE: Artur AGASHIRINOV (UWW) df. Mayis NERSESYAN (ARM), via submission (2-2)

77kg
GOLD: Abduragim MAGOMEDOV (UWW) df. Jakub NAJDEK (POL), 5-0

BRONZE: Hector SEPULVEDA PALMA (ESP) df. Darkhan TOLYBAYEV (KAZ), 6-4
BRONZE: Dumitru CEBAN (MDA) df. Pavlo MAKSYMCHUK (UKR), 8-4

84kg
GOLD: Idris OMAROV (UWW) df. Christian FRILLICI (ITA), 5-2

BRONZE: Cristian TUGULEA (MDA) df. Kacper ROT (POL), 5-2
BRONZE: Dzhabrail ISRAPILOV (UWW) df. Adlan MADAYEV (KAZ), 5-2

92kg
GOLD: Mateusz MAZUR (POL) df. Ruslan ISRAILOV (KAZ), via submission (1-3)

BRONZE: Alibek SULEIMANOV (UWW) df. Mantas DAUBLYS (LTU), 3-2
BRONZE: Pablo ESTEPA NIETO (ESP) df. Antonio SALTUPS CARETTO (ITA), 6-2

Women's Grappling Gi

58kg
GOLD: Alina KOPEIKINA (UWW) df. Magdalena GIEC (POL), via submission (0-2)

BRONZE: Breanna STIKKELMAN (USA) df. Tetiana ASTAKHOVA (UKR), 2-0
BRONZE: Rachel GUTIERREZ (USA) df. Minerva MONTERO PEREZA (ESP), 6-0

64kg
GOLD: Mia MONTESINOS PERDOMO (ESP) df. Alsu IANSHINA (UWW), 5-2

BRONZE: Sheliah LINDSEY (USA) df. Adrianna MAZUR (POL), 9-0
BRONZE: Sylwia WIERZBOWSKA (POL) df. Renata IAKUBOVA (UWW), 3-2

71kg
GOLD: Alycia QUENEE (FRA) df. Maja SALAMON (POL), via submission (2-2)

BRONZE: Anna REMNEVA (UWW) df. Christina HANSEN (USA), via submission (0-2)
BRONZE: Valentina PAVLOVA (UWW) df. Sandra TRIEBEL (GER), 2-1

World Champs Susaki, Larroque Lead #Trnava2018 Field

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Alshinbay defends crown in Grappling Gi; Poland wins team title