World Wrestling Championships: Iran wins two of three golds on 26 October

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Iran won two of the three Greco-Roman wrestling world titles awarded on 26 October in Astana, Kazakhstan: Seyed Sohrabi took gold at 72 kg and Fardin Hedayati at 130 kg. Belarus’s Kirill Maskevich won the 97 kg title, while Armenia secured places in three medal bouts scheduled for 27 October.

Azerbaijan’s Eldaniz Azizli and Sanan Suleymanov had already won gold at the championships, reaching different career milestones.

Earlier world-title milestones in Astana
Wrestler	World-title milestone
Eldaniz Azizli	Fifth world title
Sanan Suleymanov	First world title

Three champions and six bronze-medal winners

Completed Greco-Roman medal bouts on 26 October; scores are shown winner first
Weight and medal	Winner	Opponent	Score
72 kg gold	Seyed Sohrabi — Iran	Krisztian Vancza — Hungary

Combat
World Wrestling Championships, Oct 27: Aslanyan wins gold 8–4
Armenia’s Karen Aslanyan wins his first 63 kg world title in Astana, beating Nihat Mammadli 8–4. Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi pins Aitzhan Khalmakhanov at 8–0 for 67 kg gold, and Semen Novikov beats Alireza Mohamadipiani 4–0 for 87 kg gold. In the bronze bouts, Sergey Emelin beats Aref Mohammadi 9–0 and Ozodbek Khalimboyev beats Edmond Nazaryan 7–3 at 63 kg; Bagdat Sabaz beats Hasrat Jafarov 8–5 and Luis Orta Sánchez beats Slavik Galstyan 10–6 at 67 kg; and Lasha Gobadze beats Mukhammadkodir Rasulov 5–1 and Gevorg Tadevosyan beats Yaroslav Filchakov at 87 kg. Galstyan finishes fifth; Armenia ends with one gold and one bronze.
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Aslanyan reaches the final as the remaining finalists are decided

All six Greco-Roman semifinals on 26 October; scores are shown winner first
Weight	Winner	Opponent	Result
63 kg	Karen Aslanyan — Armenia	Edmond Nazaryan — Bulgaria	12–4; Aslanyan advances to the final
63 kg	Nihat Mammadli — Azerbaijan	Sergey Emelin — Russia	2–2; Mammadli wins on criteria
67 kg	Aytjan Khalmakhanov — Uzbekistan	Slavik Galstyan — Armenia	4–0; Galstyan moves into a bronze-medal bout
67 kg	Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi — Iran	Hasrat Jafarov — Azerbaijan	1–1; Esmaeili Leivesi wins on criteria
87 kg	Alireza Azizkhoon Mohmadipiani — Iran	Gevorg Tadevosyan — Armenia	10–1; Tadevosyan moves into a bronze-medal bout
87 kg	Semen Novikov — Bulgaria	Muhammadqodir Rasulov — Uzbekistan	2–0

Mammadli and Esmaeili Leivesi advanced under the tie-breaking rules after their bouts ended with level scores.

Aslanyan and Galstyan’s opening wins

Opening Greco-Roman bouts on 26 October
Weight	Result
63 kg	Karen Aslanyan beat Moldova’s Corneliu Rusu 10–0 in about two minutes
67 kg	Slavik Galstyan beat France’s Gagik Snjoyan 5–1

Aslanyan and Galstyan’s round-of-16 wins

Wins that took Aslanyan and Galstyan into the quarterfinals on 26 October
Weight	Result
63 kg	Karen Aslanyan beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aftandil Taalaibek Uulu 10–0
67 kg	Slavik Galstyan beat Moldova’s Valentin Petic 10–0

Tadevosyan’s two wins before the quarterfinals

Gevorg Tadevosyan’s opening 87 kg results on 26 October
Stage	Opponent	Result
Opening bout	Russia’s Milad Alirzaev	Won 6–3
Round of 16	A Kazakhstan representative	Won 4–1 to reach the quarterfinals

Aslanyan and Galstyan’s quarterfinal wins

Quarterfinal results that took Aslanyan and Galstyan into the semifinals on 26 October
Weight	Result
63 kg	Karen Aslanyan beat Uzbekistan’s Ozodbek Khalimboev 9–0
67 kg	Slavik Galstyan beat Norway’s Havard Jorgensen 3–2

Armenia has three medal bouts on 27 October

Armenia had not won a medal by the end of competition on 26 October. Aslanyan is scheduled to face Azerbaijan’s Nihat Mammadli in the 63 kg final on 27 October, while Galstyan and Tadevosyan are scheduled to compete for bronze.

This is Aslanyan’s first World Championship final; his previous best was bronze in 2024. Galstyan will seek his third world bronze medal. Sportaran said Tadevosyan reached his first world semifinal while competing with a knee injury.

Gold-medal finals scheduled for 27 October
Weight	Finalists
63 kg	Karen Aslanyan (Armenia) vs Nihat Mammadli (Azerbaijan)
67 kg	Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran) vs Aytjan Khalmakhanov (Uzbekistan)
87 kg	Semen Novikov (Bulgaria) vs Alireza Azizkhoon Mohmadipiani (Iran)

The Greco-Roman competition is scheduled to finish on 27 October. The championships are scheduled to end on 1 November.