Live World Championships 2026 Day 3: Greco-Roman 63kg, 87kg, 67kg

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (October 26) -- The World Championships will see Greco-Roman close out with 63kg, 87kg and 67kg. The 67kg weight class has world champion Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI), silver medalist Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE), 63kg world champion Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB) and former Olympic champion Luis ORTA (CUB) and others making it one of the deepest weight classes.

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11:39: Edmond NAZARYAN (BUL), the 2023 European champion and 2022 world silver medalist, gets a takedown and roll in the first period, then pads his lead a bit in the second for a 7-0 win over SAHIL (IND) at 63kg.

11:36: 2025 European champion Kerem KAMAL (TUR) clears his first hurdle at 63kg with an 8-0 victory over Abdeldjebar DJEBBARI (ALG).

11:30: Veteran Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ), who won the second of his two world medals in 2019 in Astana, jumps out to a 5-1 lead with a 4-point throw in the first period, but Maksym LIU (UKR) goes on an 8-point spree in the second and comes away with a 9-7 win . 

11:25: Kaisei TANABE (JPN), who is doing a Freestyle and Greco-Roman double in Astana, opens his 63kg campaign with an 9-0 win over Mairbek SALIMOV (POL). He led 4-0 when he lifts and slams Salimov for a four points. A lost challenge adds one more point to his score

11:15: Returning bronze medalist Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM) gets a pair of gut wrenches from par terre in his opening bout at 67kg against Gagik SNJOYAN (FRA) to take a 5-0 lead into the break. The lanky Galstyan holds out on the bottom of par terre to begin the second period and walks off with a 5-1 win.

11:14: Diego CHKHIKVADZE (GEO) takes out Katsuaki ENDO (JPN), 9-0, via technical superiority. Chkhikvadze hits a takedown and then turns Endo to win. Endo challenges the last turn out-of-bounds but the review confirms two points   

11:06: Former Olympic and world champion Luis ORTA (CUB) gets his campaign at 67kg off to a hot start, cruising to a 9-0 victory over Fayssal BENFREDJ (ALG). Orta gains a quick takedown and adds two 2-point rolls. A stepout and another takedown ends the match in 2:39. 

10:56: Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB), the 2025 world champion at 63kg who has moved up to 67kg and is coming off a victory at the Asian Games, breaks open a close match with 2025 world U23 bronze medalist Otto BLACK (USA), going on a 10-point second-period spree for a 12-1 victory. Leading 2-1 in the final period, Khalmakhanov uses a 2-on-1 to gain a takedown, adds a 2-point throw and 2-point exposure, then caps the proceedings with a 4-point throw.

10:50: Silver medalist from 63kg Hanjae CHUNG (KOR), who has moved up to 67kg, survives a scare in the opening bout against Sachin SAHRAWAT (IND). Chung gave up a counter exposure which gave Sahrawat a 4-3 lead before a lost challenge from Korea made it 5-3. But Chung got one for passivity make it 5-4 before pushing Sahrawat out with 0.1 seconds remaining. It was confirmed on review as well after India challenged and Chung wins 6-5

10:30: The day three of the World Championships with three Greco-Roman weight classes and 67kg being the deepest of them all.