#WrestleBudapest

Budapest Ranking Series 2026 Entry List

By United World Wrestling Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 30) -- The fourth and final stop in the Ranking Series will be held in Budapest, Hungary from July 15 to 19.

The Polyak Imre, Varga Janos & Kozma Istvan Memorial tournament will be held at the BOK Sports Hall with Freestyle kicking off action. Women's Wrestling will be held after Freestyle before Greco-Roman finishes things off things of the five-day tournament.

All the matches, highlights and live action from Budapest will be available on UWW+ on uww.org.

Note: The entries are subject to change until 72 hours before the start of the respective style.

UWW+

Freestyle

57kg
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Aryan TSIUTRYN (BLR)
Ivaylo TISOV (BUL)
Timothy LEVINE (CAN)
Wanhao ZOU (CHN)
Rassoul GALBOURAEV (FRA)
Nikoloz BOTCHORISHVILI (GEO)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Balazs RACZ (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
RAHUL (IND)
Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)
Merey BAZARBAYEV (KAZ)
Nurdanat AITANOV (KAZ)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Anthony KNOX (USA)
Spencer LEE (USA)

61kg
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Georgii OKOROKOV (AUS)
Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
Maximilian LEETE BENZAN (DOM)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Ramaz TURMANIDZE (GEO)
DEEPAK (IND)
Adilet ALMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ)
Assyl AITAKYN (KAZ)
Assylzhan YESSENGELDI (KAZ)
Tolga OZBEK (TUR)
Austin DESANTO (USA)
Liam CRONIN (USA)

65kg
Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG)
Rashid BABAZADE (AZE)
Shannon HANNA (BAH)
Magomedkhan MAGAMEDKHANOV (BLR)
Alibeg ALIBEGOV (BRN)
Shamil MAMEDOV (BUL)
Peiman BIABANI (CAN)
Matias MUNOZ (CHI)
Xuexian OU (CHN)
Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
Quentin STICKER (FRA)
Nika ZAKASHVILI (GEO)
Nico MEGERLE (GER)
Zoltan MIZSEI (HUN)
Mohit KUMAR (IND)
Vishal KALIRAMANA (IND)
Abbas EBRAHIMZADEH (IRI)
Ali KHORRAMDEL (IRI)
Adil OSPANOV (KAZ)
Nachyn KUULAR (KAZ)
Ossimzhan DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Junsik YUN (KOR)
Stefan COMAN (ROU)
Beau BARTLETT (USA)
Vitali ARUJAU (USA)

70kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE)
Ayub MUSAEV (BEL)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
Marton VARGA (HUN)
ABHIMANYOU (IND)
Ebrahim ELAHI (IRI)
Maiis ALIYEV (KAZ)
Olzhas OLZHAKANOV (KAZ)
Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Ahmet DUMAN (TUR)
Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR)
Alec PANTALEO (USA)
Ridge LOVETT (USA)

74kg
Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
Ibragim VELIEV (BEL)
Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN)
Jorge GATICA (CHI)
Feng LU (CHN)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Benjamin DOBLER (HUN)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Sagar JAGLAN (IND)
Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)
Kuandyk SHALDAR (KAZ)
Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ)
Daegil HAN (KOR)
Sangho HAN (KOR)
Ebierelayefa ANDREW (NGR)
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
Cuneyt BUDAK (TUR)
Muhammed BESIR (TUR)
David CARR (USA)
William LEWAN (USA)
Farhad NOURI (UWW)

79kg
Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE)
Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (BLR)
Aykan SEID (BUL)
Luka CHKHITUNIDZE (GEO)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Sandeep MANN (IND)
Nurdaulet KUANYSHBAY (KAZ)
Shamsat TAIR (KAZ)
Yerkhan ABIL (KAZ)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)
Dean HAMITI (USA)
Levi HAINES (USA)

86kg
Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE)
Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN)
Franco GONZALEZ (CHI)
Hade AYIDUSI (CHN)
Christopher FOCA (DOM)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Joshua MORODION (GER)
Lucas KAHNT (GER)
AMIT (IND)
Mukul DAHIYA (IND)
Ali SAVADKOUHI (IRI)
Erzo ISAKOV (JOR)
Abylaikhan UZEMBAYEV (KAZ)
Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
Rustem MYRZAGALIYEV (KAZ)
Gyeongyeon LEE (KOR)
Ivars SAMUSONOKS (LAT)
Paulius LESCAUSKAS (LTU)
Krisztian BIRO (ROU)
Alperen ATAR (TUR)
Kyle DAKE (USA)
Zahid VALENCIA (USA)

92kg
Jorge LLANO (ARG)
Ali TCOKAEV (AZE)
Magomed SHARIPOV (BRN)
Ahmed BATAEV (BUL)
Sali SALIEV (BUL)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Zaur BERADZE (GEO)
Krisztian ANGYAL (HUN)
Zeteny GANGL (HUN)
Punit KUMAR (IND)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Bekzat AMANGALI (KAZ)
Domantas PAULIUSCENKO (LTU)
Anton VYHIVSKYI (SVK)
Fatih ALTUNBAS (TUR)
Mukhammed ALIIEV (UKR)
Dustin PLOTT (USA)
Michael MACCHIAVELLO (USA)

97kg
Ricardo BAEZ (ARG)
Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Yaraslau SLAVIKOUSKI (BLR)
Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
Akhmed MAGAMAEV (BUL)
Matias URIBE SEPULVEDA (CHI)
Junpeng ZHOU (CHN)
Adlan VISKHANOV (FRA)
Andro MARGISHVILI (GEO)
Deepak PUNIA (IND)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Harrison ONOVWIOMOGBOHWO (NGR)
Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Rifat Eren GIDAK (TUR)
Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR)
Ivan PRYMACHENKO (UKR)
Vasyl SOVA (UKR)
Jacob CARDENAS (USA)

125kg
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Jorawar DHINSA (CAN)
BUHEEERDUN (CHN)
Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
Milan GELLEN (HUN)
Vlagyiszlav BAJCAJEV (HUN)
DINESH (IND)
Rajat RUHAL (IND)
Abraham CONYEDO (ITA)
Nursultan AZOV (KAZ)
Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Kamil KOSCIOLEK (POL)
Robert BARAN (POL)
Omar Ihab SAREM (ROU)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Yurii IDZINSKYI (UKR)
Demetrius THOMAS (USA)
Mason PARRIS (USA)
Wyatt HENDRICKSON (USA)

Musa EVLOEV (RUS)Musa EVLOEV (RUS) is looking to return to international wrestling after five years. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Dogukan Karadag)

Greco-Roman

55kg
LALIT (IND)
Alpamys DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ)
Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ)
Artiom DELEANU (MDA)
Alibek AMIROV (RUS)
Brady KOONTZ (USA)
Max NOWRY (USA)
Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)

60kg
Elmir ALIYEV (AZE)
Nihad GULUZADE (AZE)
Augusto VARGAS (CHI)
BAOYINJIYA (CHN)
Haodong TAN (CHN)
Mahmoud SAAD (EGY)
Romeo BERIDZE (GEO)
Abdolmohammad PAPI (GER)
CHETAN (IND)
SUMIT (IND)
Yerbol KAMALIYEV (KAZ)
Yernur FIDAKHMETOV (KAZ)
Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)
Seunghak KIM (KOR)
Denis MIHAI (ROU)
Razvan ARNAUT (ROU)
Anvar ALLAKHIAROV (RUS)
Sadyk LALAEV (RUS)
Enes BASAR (TUR)
Dalton ROBERTS (USA)
Jace KOELZER (USA)
Alisher GANIEV (UZB)
Mehroj BAKHRAMOV (UZB)

63kg
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Sakit GULIYEV (AZE)
Pridon ABULADZE (GEO)
Sunny KUMAR (IND)
Aftandil TAALAIBEK UULU (KGZ)
Corneliu RUSU (MDA)
Aref MOHAMMADI (QAT)
Sergey EMELIN (RUS)
Zhambolat LOKYAEV (RUS)
Kerem KAMAL (TUR)
Xavier JOHNSON (USA)
Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB)
Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)

67kg
Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM)
Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (AUS)
Mahammad SHUKURZADE (AZE)
Dongyu LI (CHN)
Ji LENG (CHN)
Dominik ETLINGER (CRO)
Mohamed ABDELREHIM (EGY)
Diego CHKHIKVADZE (GEO)
Christopher KRAEMER (GER)
DEEPAK (IND)
Sachin SAHRAWAT (IND)
Jacopo SANDRON (ITA)
Din Mukhamed KOSHKAR (KAZ)
Meiirzhan SHERMAKHANBET (KAZ)
Yerzhet ZHARLYKASSYN (KAZ)
Minseong KWON (KOR)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Daniial AGAEV (RUS)
Dinislam BAMMATOV (RUS)
Ruslan BICHURIN (RUS)
Sebastian NAD (SRB)
Murat FIRAT (TUR)
Otto Elliot BLACK (USA)
Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB)
Sardor YULDASHEV (UZB)

72kg
Nestor ALMANZA (CHI)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Mishiko ALEKSANDRIA (GEO)
Nika BROLADZE (GEO)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Krisztofer KLANYI (HUN)
ANIL (IND)
Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ)
Rabil ASKEROV (RUS)
Cengiz ARSLAN (TUR)
Benjamin PEAK (USA)
Brett BACK (USA)
Ahmad KODIROV (UZB)
Shakhzod KUCHKOROV (UZB)

77kg
Eduardo BERNAL MOLINA (CHI)
Rui LIU (CHN)
Wenhao HU (CHN)
Antonio KAMENJASEVIC (CRO)
Moustafa ALAMELDIN (EGY)
Jonni SARKKINEN (FIN)
Anri PUTKARADZE (GEO)
Idris IBAEV (GER)
Samuel BELLSCHEIDT (GER)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Luca DARIOZZI (ITA)
Kaharman KISSYMETOV (KAZ)
Tamerlan SHADUKAYEV (KAZ)
Alibek BERDIEV (KGZ)
Kyeongbin LEE (KOR)
Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA)
Danil GRIGOREV (RUS)
Ismail BARAKHOEV (RUS)
Sergei KUTUZOV (RUS)
Aleksa ILIC (SRB)
Ali ARSALAN (SRB)
Yunus BASAR (TUR)
Joel ADAMS (USA)
Abdullo ALIEV (UZB)
Doniyorkhon NAKIBOV (UZB)
Jamol JUMABAEV (UZB)

82kg
Filip SACIC (CRO)
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Emad ABOUELATTA (EGY)
Tornike MIKELADZE (GEO)
Attila TOESMAGI (HUN)
PRINCE (IND)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT)
Adlet TIULIUBAEV (RUS)
Gamzat GADZHIEV (RUS)
Antal VAMOS (SRB)
Ognjen JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Viktor NEMES (SRB)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Jesse PORTER (USA)
Kamal BEY (USA)
Azimjon SOATULLAEV (UZB)
Samandar BOBONAZAROV (UZB)

87kg
Likui SHI (CHN)
Ivan HUKLEK (CRO)
Matej MANDIC (CRO)
Mohamed DYAB (EGY)
Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Aivengo RIKADZE (GEO)
Gurami KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
Istvan TAKACS (HUN)
Tamas LEVAI (HUN)
Sunil KUMAR (IND)
Rohit BURA (IND)
Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)
Timur OSPANOV (KAZ)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Islam ALIEV (RUS)
Milad ALIRZAEV (RUS)
Andrija MIHAJLOVIC (SRB)
Ali CENGIZ (TUR)
Beka MELELASHVILI (USA)
Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)
Mukhammadkodir RASULOV (UZB)

97kg
Hayk KHLOYAN (ARM)
Arif NIFTULLAYEV (AZE)
Zegang WANG (CHN)
Filip SMETKO (CRO)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mohamed GABR (EGY)
Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)
Luka GABISONIA (GEO)
Darius KIEFER (GER)
Lucas LAZOGIANIS (GER)
Kevin MEJIA (HON)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
NITESH (IND)
Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ)
Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Ilia ERMOLENKO (RUS)
Musa EVLOEV (RUS)
Branko DUKIC (SRB)
Luka KATIC (SRB)
Mihail KAJAIA (SRB)
Timothy YOUNG (USA)

130kg
Lingzhe MENG (CHN)
Wenhao JIANG (CHN)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Konsta MAEENPAEAE (FIN)
Matti KUOSMANEN (FIN)
Jello KRAHMER (GER)
Gino AVILA DILBERT (HON)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
Laszlo DARABOS (HUN)
DEEPANSHU (IND)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Olzhas SYRLYBAY (KAZ)
Erlan MANATBEKOV (KGZ)
Nurbolot TOKTOGONOV (KGZ)
Marat KAMPAROV (RUS)
Sergei SEMENOV (RUS)
Fatih BOZKURT (TUR)
Adam COON (USA)
Aden ATTAO (USA)
Cohlton SCHULTZ (USA)
Javokhir SHODIYAROV (UZB)
Rafael TSITSUASHVILI (UZB)

Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) is entered at 59kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Thalia OLIVEIRA (BRA)
Katie DUTCHAK (CAN)
Kaura COLES (CAN)
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
Laura FATH (HUN)
DIPANSHI (IND)
Priyanshi PRAJAPAT (IND)
Maral TANGIRBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Miran CHEON (KOR)
Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR)
Agata GOLUCHOWSKA (POL)
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (RUS)
Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
Everest LEYDECKER (USA)
Katie GOMEZ (USA)

53kg
Adrianny CASTILLO (ARG)
Asmar JANKURTARAN (AZE)
Nargiz SAMADOVA (AZE)
Madison PARKS (CAN)
Antonia VALDES (CHI)
Jin ZHANG (CHN)
Yuxuan LI (CHN)
Lucia YEPEZ (ECU)
Bianka FATH (HUN)
ANTIM (IND)
MEENAKSHI (IND)
NISHU (IND)
Shugyla OMIRBEK (KAZ)
Aruuke KADYRBEK KYZY (KGZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR)
Roksana ZASINA (POL)
Andreea ANA (ROU)
Natia SVANIDZE (RUS)
Ivana GAJIC (SRB)
Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA)
Sydney PETZINGER (USA)

55kg
Gultakin SHIRINOVA (AZE)
Karla GODINEZ (CAN)
Anastasia BLAYVAS (GER)
Hansika LAMBA (IND)
Ainur ASHIMOVA (KAZ)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Adijat IDRIS (NGR)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Jonna MALMGREN (SWE)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)
Areana VILLAESCUSA (USA)

57kg
Camila AMARILLA (ARG)
Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE)
Valeryia MIKITSICH (BLR)
Giullia PENALBER (BRA)
Mia FRIESEN (CAN)
Kexin HONG (CHN)
Mengyu XIE (CHN)
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)
Amory ANDRICH (GER)
Gerda TEREK (HUN)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
Neha SHARMA (IND)
TAPSYA (IND)
Altyn SHAGAYEVA (KAZ)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Youngjin KWON (KOR)
Jumoke ADEKOYE (NGR)
Anhelina LYSAK (POL)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Georgiana LIRCA (ROU)
Evelina HULTHEN (SWE)
Tindra DALMYR (SWE)
Elvira SULEYMAN KAMALOGLU (TUR)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)

59kg
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
NEHA (IND)
Guldana BEKESH (KAZ)
Viktoriia KHUSAINOVA (KAZ)
Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
Othelie HOEIE (NOR)
Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)
Mariia VYNNYK (UKR)
Abigail NETTE (USA)
Alexis JANIAK (USA)

62kg
Veranika IVANOVA (BLR)
Lais NUNES (BRA)
Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Yaru WU (CHN)
Yongxin FENG (CHN)
Naemi LEISTNER (GER)
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Yasmine SOLIMAN (HUN)
MANSI (IND)
SAVITA (IND)
Irina KUZNETSOVA (KAZ)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Subeen JO (KOR)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Alicja WOJEWODZKA (POL)
Amina TANDELOVA (RUS)
Johanna LINDBORG (SWE)
Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR)
Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA)

65kg
Sofia VEMBA (ANG)
Birgul SOLTANOVA (AZE)
Virginia JIMENEZ (CHI)
PULKIT (IND)
Gulnura TASHTANBEKOVA (KGZ)
Elma ZEIDLERE (LAT)
Maria PANTIRU (ROU)
Emilija JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Agnes NYGREN (SWE)
Jennifer PAGE ROGERS (USA)

68kg
Nigar MIRZAZADA (AZE)
Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR)
Ella DOORNAERT (CAN)
Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
Jia LONG (CHN)
Zelu LI (CHN)
Laura KOEHLER (GER)
Sophia SCHAEFLE (GER)
Karolina POK (HUN)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
NISHA (IND)
Laura GODINO (ITA)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Mercy ADEKUOROYE (NGR)
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU)
Alina SHEVCHENKO (RUS)
Elizaveta PETLIAKOVA (RUS)
Tindra SJOEBERG (SWE)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)

72kg
Diksha MALIK (IND)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Kaiyrkul SHARSHEBAEVA (KGZ)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)

76kg
Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA (BLR)
Shauna KUEBECK (CAN)
Shuiyan CHENG (CHN)
Wenji LI (CHN)
Genesis REASCO (ECU)
Jennifer ROESLER (GER)
Lilly SCHNEIDER (GER)
KAJAL (IND)
PRIYA (IND)
Enrica RINALDI (ITA)
Alina YERTOSTIK (KAZ)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)
Eunju HWANG (KOR)
Damola OJO (NGR)
Patrycja CUBER (POL)
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU)
Evelin UJHELJI (SRB)
Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR)
Dymond GUILFORD (USA)
Tristan KELLY (USA)

#WrestleBudapest

Big-throwing Machado claims debut Ranking Series gold

By Vinay Siwach

BUDAPEST, Hungary (July 20) -- Thamires MACHADO (BRA) made brief headlines at the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifiers in Mexico. She threw Amit ELOR (USA) for a lateral drop for four points. Machado had Elor in trouble which could have seen Elor, the champion in Paris Games, lose early. However, Machado fizzled out and lost her bout 6-4.

A year later on Saturday, the Brazilian won her first major gold medal at the Budapest Ranking Series after a stunning show of strength and big throws at the Ranking Series over the weekend.

"In every practice back home, I try to do the four-point moves. I want to throw," Machado said after receiving the gold medal.

In other weight classes, Grace BULLEN (NOR) had another epic match with Irina RINGACI (MDA) and won gold at 65kg and Kennedy BLADES (USA) won another Ranking Series gold to remain undefeated at 68kg going into the World Championships.

European champion Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW) and Amina TANDELOVA (UWW) won at 55kg and 62kg respectively.

Machado, competing in her first-ever Ranking Series event, won the 76kg gold medal with wins over Asian champion Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) and world U20 champion PRIYA (IND) in semifinal and final, respectively.

In the gold-medal bout, Machadofaced former world U17 and U20 champion Priya and used a similar lateral drop like she did against Elor to score a four-pointer over Priya in the first minute.

Priya was pushing for a stepout and Machado used that momentum to drop her for four-points. It was catch-up from there on for Priya who failed to score any points in the first period. She got a stepout in the second get on board. Struggling to get to Machado's legs, Priya forced another stepout to make it 4-2.

Machado was put on the activity clock in the last minute but she was happy to conceded that point than to go for all-out attack during those 30 seconds. Priya also waited for the activity clock to expire before pushing for a point, perhaps a mistake to take her foot of the pedal in the final minute.

During that time, Machado managed to catch her breath and defended all attacks, including one in the last five seconds to win 4-3 and the gold medal.

"I am happy to win this gold medal in Ranking Series," she said. "This is so special for me"

In the semifinals, Machado got the better of Medet Kyzy, who opened the scoring with a double-leg takedown for two points. She led 3-0 at the break as Machado failed to score after being put on the 30-second activity clock.

Machado got her first points when she defended a leg attack from Medet Kyzy and scored a go-behind takedown. She then launched a powerful gut-wrench and turned her three times to lead 8-3. Two stepouts in quick succession for Medet Kyzy cut Machado's lead to 8-5 but the Kyrgyzstan wrestler had only a minute left to score more points and secure the win.

As they scrambled for the final minute, Machado and Medet Kyzy locked each other at the edge but it was the latter who fell outside of the zone first which gave another point to Machado with 33 seconds left. Machado held her positions better than Medet Kyzy and managed to score another stepout to lead 10-5 and win the bout.

Born in one of the favellas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Machado was part of one of the social project by the local council which taught wrestling to young kids. She joined the program and managed to learn wrestling.

In 2019, she won gold medal at the Pan-Am U20 Championships, her second ever competition. For five years, she was away from wrestling, but in 2024, she returned and won the Henri Deglane Grand Prix and was second at the 2025 Pan-Am Championships.

Bullen survives Ringaci

If both remain at the same weight class in the future, the Bullen-Ringaci rivalry can be the most fearsome in Women's Wrestling. The latest example was their 65kg final in Budapest where Bullen, down 16-8, pinned Ringaci was claim her second win over the former world champion in four months.

Ringaci, who needed one more turn from par terre or just survive the pin from Bullen, was frustrated with yet another loss and pushed aside Bullen after the bout.

The match began with a wonderful counter from Ringaci, who hit a cut-back after a Bullen snap to pass-by and got four points. Watch above. While Bullen survived the fall attempt, she fell behind 6-0.

A little later, it was Ringaci's chance survive a pin attempt from Bullen who lifted Ringaci well over her waist-level and slammed her for four. The first period ended with Bullen leading 6-6 on criteria.

Bullen tried the exact move of snap to pass-by in the second period and this time she succeeded, scoring two points and taking a clear 8-6 lead. Ringaci scored a takedown 30 seconds into the second period and scored six more points using three gut-wrenches. As she was going for the final turn to win the bout, Bullen blocked and got the headlock to pin Ringaci.

An aghast Ringaci was left in tears as Bullen herself was shocked to have won the bout, having snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

At 68kg, Kennedy BLADES (USA) had a fine tournament, winning her second Ranking Series event and third tournament of 2025. In the final, she defeated Noemi SZABADOS (HUN), 13-2, a wrestler she had defeated 10-0 at the Zagreb Open in February.

The only bout she was not able to win via technical superiority was her semifinal against Yuliana YANEVA (BUL) as the Bulgarian was able to stop Blades to a 6-2 win. Blades had little injury scare in the final few seconds of the match but managed to continue.

Verbina captured the 55kg gold medal after a controlled 6-1 win over Karla GODINEZ (CAN) in the final while Tandelova blanked Alina KASABIEVA (UWW) 3-0 in the 62kg final.

RESULTS

55kg
GOLD: Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW) df. Karla GODINEZ (CAN), 6-1

BRONZE: Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA) df. Amory ANDRICH (GER), 10-0

62kg
GOLD: Amina TANDELOVA (UWW) df. Alina KASABIEVA (UWW), 3-0

BRONZE: Ana GODINEZ (CAN) df. Nikolett SZABO (HUN), 10-0
BRONZE: MANISHA (IND) df. Krystsina SAZYKINA (UWW), via fall (9-0)

65kg
GOLD: Grace BULLEN (NOR) df. Irina RINGACI (MDA), via fall (10-16)

BRONZE: Eniko ELEKES (HUN) df. Ekaterina KOSHKINA (UWW), via inj. def.
BRONZE: Macey KILTY (USA) df. Kadriye KOCAK AKSOY (TUR), 10-4

68kg
GOLD: Kennedy BLADES (USA) df. Noemi SZABADOS (HUN), 13-2

BRONZE: Brooklyn HAYS (USA) df. Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR), 5-4
BRONZE: Yuliana YANEVA (BUL) df. Alina SHEVCHENKO (UWW), 11-1

76kg
GOLD: Thamires MACHADO (BRA) df. PRIYA (IND), 4-3

BRONZE: Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) df. Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW), 11-0
BRONZE: Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) df. Seoyeon JEONG (KOR), 12-1