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Yazdani Charati Takes Over Top Ranking in Freestyle

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (March 8) -- Olympic champion Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI), fresh off winning a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Bishkek, takes over the No.1 ranking at 86kg in freestyle. 



Mongolia has four No.1-ranked wrestlers in freestyle, which is more than any other nation. Top-ranked Mongolians in freestyle include Tsogbadrakh TSEVEENSUREN (57kg), Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (74kg), Turtogtokh LUVSANDORJ (92kg) and Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (125kg).

Other top-ranked wrestlers in freestyle include Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) at 61kg, Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) at 65kg, Ogbonna JOHN (NGR) at 70kg, Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) at 79kg and Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB).

Winners of the Ranking Series events each received 8 points, plus an additional point for ever entry in their bracket. Placement points (plus number entries) were also awarded to the rest of the top five finishers: runner-up (6), bronze (4) and fifth place (2).

Points will be automatically uploaded on the UWW homepage following the conclusion of all Ranking Series events, continental and world championships.

In case of a points tie between two or more athletes, the following will determine the highest ranked individual:

-              Highest number of participation in the ranking events*
-              Highest number of Gold Medals in the ranking events*
-              Highest number of Silver Medals in the ranking events*
-              Highest number of Bronze Medals in the ranking events*
-              The most classification points in the ranking events*
-              The most match won by superiority in the ranking events*
-              The most technical points scored in the ranking events*

* Continental Championship and UWW Select Ranking Events of the concerned year.

Should top seeded athletes not participate in the Senior World Championships or Olympic Games the same criteria will be applied to determine which athletes move into the seeding for the event.

57kg
1. Tsogbadrakh TSEVEENSUREN (MGL) // 32 Points
2. Kumsong KANG (PRK) // 26 Points
3. Makhmudjon SHAVKATOV (UZB) // 24 Points
4. Zhandos ISMAILOV (KAZ) // 22 Points
5. Toshihiro HASEGAWA (JPN) // 22 Points

61kg
1. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) // 32 Points
2. Nurislam (Artas) // SANAYEV (SANAA) // (KAZ) // 24 Points
3. Kazuya KOYANAGI (JPN) // 22 Points
4. Ulukbek ZHOLDOSHBEKOV (KGZ) // 20 Points
5. Adama DIATTA (SEN) // 19 Points

65kg 
1. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) // 26 Points
2. Daichi TAKATANI (JPN) // 24 Points
3. Temurjon USMONOHUNOV (UZB) // 22 Points
4. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) // 22 Points
5. Amas DANIEL (NGR) // 21 Points

70kg
1. Ogbonna Emmanuel JOHN (NGR) // 24 Points
2. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) // 24 Points
3. Amr Reda Ramadan HUSSEN (EGY) // 22 Points
4. Seungbong LEE (KOR) // 22 Points
5. Chems Eddine BOUCHAIB (ALG) // 20 Points

74kg
1. Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) // 32 Points
2. Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM) // 30 Points
3. Muslim EVLOEV (KGZ) // 24 Points
4. Mostafa Mohabbali HOSSEINKHANI (IRI) // 20 Points
5. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ) // 20 Points

79kg
1. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) // 31 Points
2. Ezzatollah Abbas AKBARIZARINKOLAEI (IRI) // 24 Points
3. Ekerekeme AGIOMOR (NGR) // 20 Points
4. Tsubasa ASAI (JPN) // 20 Points
5. Turbold GANBOLD (MGL) // 20 Points

86kg
1. Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) // 24 Points
2. Melvin BIBO (NGR) // 23 Points
3. Uitumen ORGODOL (MGL) // 22 Points
4. Hein Jakobus JANSE VAN RENSBURG (RSA) // 21 Points
5. David TAYLOR III (USA) // 20 Points

92kg
1. Turtogtokh LUVSANDORJ (MGL) // 27 Points
2. Mohammadjavad Mohammadebrahim EBRAHIMIZIVLAEI (IRI) // 22 Points
3. Adilet DAVLUMBAYEV (KAZ) // 20 Points
4. Hosam Mohamed Mostafa MERGHANY (EGY) // 18 Points
5. Azizbek SOLIEV (UZB) // 18 Points

97kg
1. Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB) // 36 Points
2. Mojtaba Mohammadshafie GOLEIJ (IRI) // 21 Points
3. Takeshi YAMAGUCHI (JPN) // 19 Points
4. Jaegang KIM (KOR) // 19 Points
5. Martin ERASMUS (RSA) // 18 Points

125kg
1. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL) // 35 Points
2. Davit MODZMANASHVILI (UZB) // 25 Points
3. Giorgi SAKANDELIDZE (QAT) // 23 Points
4. Amin Hossein TAHERI (IRI) // 21 Points
5. Khaled Omr Zaki Mohamed ABDALLA (EGY) // 19 Points
 

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UWW finalizes 2026 World, Continental Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (September 13) -- United World Wrestling has announced the host cities for all the continental and age-group World Championships for 2026.

The three age-group World Championships will be held in three different continents in 2026. Baku, Azerbaijan will kick off the World Championships season next year with the U17 World Championships from July 27 to August 2.

Baku hosted the Greco-Roman World Cup in 2022 and the European Olympic Games Qualifiers in 2024.

Las Vegas, United States will be hosting the U23 World Championships from October 12 to 18, the first time the country will host a World Championships since 2015.

Tirana gets Euros

The UWW Bureau held a meeting on Friday, a day prior to the World Championships, which begins Saturday in Zagreb. It allocated all the tournaments for 2026, barring the 2026 World Championships, to be announced on September 16, Wednesday.

The European Championships will be headed to Tirana, Albania and will be held from April 20 to 26. Tirana will also host the second stop for Ranking Series from February 25 to March 1.

For a second year in a row, Amman, Jordan will host the Asian Championships from April 7 to 12.

Iowa, United States managed to claim the Pan-American Championships for 2026. It will host the senior event in Iowa from May 6 to 9 after getting the rights over Lima, Peru. 

The U17, U20 and Senior Oceania Championships foe 2026 were awarded to Apia, Samoa.

Age-group continentals

Zrenjanin, Serbia will play host to the 2026 U23 European Championships from March 9 to 15. The U20 European Championships will be in Skopje, North Macedonia from July 6 to 12 while the U15 & U17 European Championships were awarded to Samokov, Bulgaria. The U17 event and will be held from May 11 to 17 and the U15 event from May 20 to 24.

For Asia, the 2026 U17 & U23 Asian Championships will once again travel to Da Nang, Vietnam from May 23 to 31. The country hosted the same tournament in 2025 as well. The U15 & U20 Asian Championships will be hosted by Bangkok, Thailand from June 27 to July 5.

The U23 Pan-American Championships will be moving to Miranda, Venezuela . The U20 Pan-American Championships will be held from July 9 to 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Panama City, Panama will be hosting the U17 Pan-American Championships from May 28 to 30. The U15 Pan-American Championships will be in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

As announced earlier, the Ranking Series stops are decided till 2028. For all details about events, refer to uww.org/events.

Note: An earlier version of the article read that the 2026 U20 World Championships will be held in Manama, Bahrain. That has been removed as the host is not confirmed.