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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from Asian Championships

Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 07:18 By Vinay Siwach

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 6) -- The Asian Championships in Astana saw Iran and Kyrgyzstan dominate the Greco-Roman competition, sharing eight gold medals among them. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan had a champion each as well.

Watch all the Greco-Roman gold medal bout from the April 9-14 event from Astana, Kazakhstan.

GOLD: 55kg - RUPIN (IND) vs. Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)

GOLD: 60kg - Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Hanjae CHUNG (KOR)

GOLD: 63kg - Iman MOHAMMADI (IRI) vs. Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)

GOLD: 67kg - Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN) vs. Abror ATABAEV (UZB)

GOLD: 72kg - Ibragim MAGOMADOV (KAZ) vs. Sajjad Ali IMENTALABFOUMANI (IRI)

GOLD: 77kg - Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) vs. Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI)

GOLD: 82kg - Dias KALEN (KAZ) vs. Akylbek TALANTBEKOV (KGZ)

GOLD: 87kg - Naser ALIZADEH (IRI) vs. Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 97kg - U. DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Mehdi BALIHAMZEHDEH (IRI)

GOLD: 130kg - Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) vs. Lingzhe MENG (CHN)

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UWW, KNUS and Kazakhstan Sign MoU

Thursday, July 2, 2026 - 09:47 By United World Wrestling Press

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (July 2) -- United World Wrestling has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kazakh National University of Sports and the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation to further the development of wrestling and promote sports education.

The MoU was signed on Thursday in Astana by UWW President Nenad LALOVIC, KNUS Rector Tursynzada KUANGALIYEVA, and Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation President Yerkin OKASSOV.

The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in sports education, and the continued development of wrestling through joint initiatives and knowledge sharing.

During the ceremony, KNUS also conferred the title of Honorary Professor upon Lalovic in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of sports education, scientific research, international academic cooperation, and the global sports community.

Nenad LALOVIC

Lalovic thanked the founder of the University Nurasyl MEDEU, Rector Kuangaliyeva, the management, staff and students of the university along with representatives of the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation.

Astana will host the 2026 World Championships from October 24 to November 1 at Barys Arena, marking the return of the flagship event to the Kazakh capital seven years after it last staged the championships.