Asian Games 2026 wrestling day three will be live from Aichi-Nagoya with Women's Wrestling and Freestyle.
NAGOYA, Japan (October 2) -- Wrestling enters day three at the Asian Games 2026 with five weight classes. Women's Wrestling will be in 50kg and 76kg while Freestyle will be in 65kg, 86kg and 125kg
13:18: SUJEET (IND), the Asian champion, books his spot in the semifinal against Olympic champion Kotaro KIYOOKOA (JPN), after a 10-0 win over Abbas EBRAHIMZADEH (IRI) at 65kg. He began with an arm throw before scoring exposure points twice. Two go-behinds as well to complete the win.
13:10: BUHEEERDUN (CHN) catches Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN) in a headlock and pins him after being down 7-0! Sharipov slams the mat as the fall is confirmed and he misses out on a place in the 125kg final
13:04: Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN), showing the power and confidence that led him to a world silver medal at freestyle 86kg, totally dominates Noman ZAKA (PAK) to advance to the semifinals. After four consecutive stepouts, Ishiguro finishes off a takedown, then finishes the match with a gut wrench for a 10-0 win in 2:23.
13:00: End of Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ) quest for a final as Kwang Jin KIM (PRK) hands him a 12-1 loss at 65kg A visibly lean Akmataliev never looked in the contest as Kim scored takedowns and turns with ease to enter the semifinals
12:57: Yui SUSAKI (JPN) is on fire! The four-time world champion sweeps in for a single against Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ) in their women’s 50kg semifinal, switches to double and gains the takedown. Without missing a beat, she puts a leg in and goes up top for a cross-face. After some resistance, Susaki secures the fall. It took all of 38 seconds.
12:50: Paris Olympic women’s 76kg champion Yuka KAGAMI (JPN) waves to a group of fans holding banners of her name as she approaches the mat for her first international match since her triumph in Paris against Sevinchoy POLVONOVA (UZB). Kagami shows no rust, scoring an opening takedown, then two combination takedown-gut wrenches for a 10-0 win in 2:20.
12:46: Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN) is into the Freestyle 65kg seminfinals with a 3-0 victory over a defensive Junsik YUN (KOR). Kiyooka gets an activity point in each period. With 30 seconds left, he gets in on a single and picks up the leg by the foot. With the clock ticking down, he settles for a stepout.
12:22: Son hyang KIM (PRK), the Asian silver medalist, with a takedown in the second period to beat Paris bronze medalist Ziqi FENG (CHN) 4-0 and enter the semifinals at 50kg
12:18: Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) gives no chance to Varadisa HIDAYAT (INA) and finishes 76kg bout with a four-pointer and a 10-0 win and enter the semifinals at the Asian Games
12:15: Kwang Jin KIM (PRK) hangs on for a 2-0 victory over Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB) at 65kg. No technical points scored but Jalolov had no way to break Kim's defense
12:10: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) with a takedown and four gut-wrenches to beat Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM) to enter the 125kg semifinals. Zare will face the winner of Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ) and Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB)
12:05: Yui SUSAKI (JPN) needs just 44 seconds to book her place in the women’s 50kg semifinals with a 10-0 whitewashing of Samnang DIT (CAM). Susaki comes out with a 4-point takedown and, after failing to secure a cradle, goes to the gut wrench. Three quick rolls and that’s a wrap.
12:00: Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ) with a comeback win over Ankh Erdene ALTANGEREL (MGL) at 65kg. Altangerel built a 6-0 before Akmataliev hit a four-pointer and as he was trying to pin Altangerel, the Mongolian committed a defensive foul. When the bout began in par terre, Akmataliev scored a turn and defended his lead to win 8-7
11:50: Abdulmazhid KUDIEV (TJK) catches Nachyn KUULAR (KAZ) in a leg lace and scores most of his points to beat the Kazakhstan wrestler and enter the 65kg quarterfinals.
11:43: Paris Olympics champion Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN) gains a single-leg takedown against OU Xuexian (CHN) in their first-round bout at freestyle 65kg, then twists him every which way to apparently end the bout 10-0. But the final exposure is wiped out on challenge, keeping Ou alive. Trailing 8-0 in the second, the Chinese takes advantage of the reprieve, scoring a stepout and then a takedown. Kiyooka, however, holds firm, gains a stepout of his own and walks off a 9-3 winner.
11:40: A perfect wake up call for SUJEET (IND) as Sayed Omar ZAZAI (AFG) gets three points on him early in the 65kg bout. But Sujeet settles down and gets on board with a stepout. He then score a four-pointer, a go-behind and exposure to lead 9-3. He completes a 13-3 win over Zazai.
11:36: In one of the feature early bouts of the morning session, the freestyle 86kg clash between world silver medalist Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN) and 2024 Asian champion Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) starts with a spree of stepouts, with the Japanese scoring four of the five. Dauletbekov’s counter lift on Ishiguro’s third one comes a hair too late. In the second period, Ishiguro gives up a penalty point, but that is the extent of the scoring and he is safely through 4-2.
11:10: World silver medalist Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) gets one out of the way as she beats PRIYA (IND) in the opening bout at 76kg. Priya made it 2-1 in the second period but Medet Kyzy worked hard on a takedown to lead 4-1. Priya went for the big throw at the end but Medet Kyzy fell on top and got the pin
11:00: World bronze medalist Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN) sweeps aside Gwanuk KIM (KOR) 11-0 in the preliminary round match at freestyle 125kg, the first step of a collision course toward a potential rematch of the Asian Championships final with champion Amir ZARE (IRI).
10:55: World champion Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) kicks off his defense of the 125kg gold medal at the Asian Games with an 10-0 win over Taiki YAMAMOTO (JPN) after a stepout clinic.
10:45: Tokyo Olympics champion Yui SUSAKI (JPN) gets her campaign for a first Asian Games gold to go with her four Asian titles off to a hot start, knocking off DIPANSHI (IND) 11-0 to advance to the women’s 50kg quarterfinals.
10:30: The Asian Games wrestling will see five weight classes in action today, three Freestyle and two in Women's Wrestling.