Live World Championships 2026: Greco-Roman 130kg, 72kg, 97kg

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (October 25) -- The second day of the World Championships will see three more Greco-Roman weight classes on the mat. Greco 72kg, 97kg and 130kg wrestlers will take the mat with returning champions Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE) and Hadi SARAVI (IRI) hoping to defend their titles.

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12:11: Former world champion and Paris Olympic bronze medalist Sergei SEMENOV (RUS) strings together four gut wrenches from par terre to finish off Moises PEREZ (VEN) 8-0 in 1:53 in their 130kg first-round match. 

12:07: In one of the marquee matches of the morning session, 2022 world silver medalist Kiril MILOV (BUL) repeats his victory from the 97kg final at this year's European Championships over Alex SZOKE (HUN), scoring from par terre in the first period and hanging on for a 3-2 victory.

12:00: Abror ATABAEV (UZB), leading 7-3, gets caught by Mingiian GORIAEV (RUS) in par terre and the Russian rolled the Uzbek wrestler four times to overtake and win 15-7 via technical superiority at 72kg

11:51: European bronze medalist Mykhailo VYSHNYVETSKYI (UKR) scores a takedown with 1:03 left, then hangs on for a 5-5 victory on big-point criteria over Franz RICHTER (GER) at 130kg. Vyshnyvetskyi opens with a front headlock roll from par terre, but falls behind 3-3 when Richter counters a throw for 2 and the Ukrainian side unsuccessfully challenges. In the second period, Richter adds a passivity point, but the Ukrainian goes ahead with his takedown. A stepout by Richter is too little, too late. 

11:40: Five-time Asian medalist and 2018 world bronze medalist Minseok KIM (KOR) falls at the first hurdle at 130kg, as Sulkhan BUIDZE (GEO) gets a quick 4-point takedown before cruising to a 9-0 victory. 

11:35: Rintaro SOGABE (JPN), competing internationally for just the second time (fifth at the 2024 Asian U20) counters a throw attempt from par terre by Karanjit SINGH (IND) for 2 points, then holds on for a 3-2 win to advance at 72kg. 

11:30: Kiril MILOV (BUL), a two-time world silver medalist, begins his 97kg campaign with an 10-0 win over Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR) after he uses an arm spin to score four points against the Kozliuk.

11:12: Two-time Olympic medalist Parvis NASIBOV (UKR) appears to be conserving energy, but needs a second period to defeat Jose VARELA (GUA) 8-0 in their first-round match at 72kg. Nasibov scores a takedown and two exposures in the first period, but bides his time before casually scoring the winning takedown midway through the second.

11:10: Paris Olympic bronze medalist Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ) managed to push Mindaugas VENCKAITIS (LTU) in the final 20 seconds of the match to take a 3-2 lead but Lithuania challenge the call the stepout is called foul and Venckaitis wins 2-2 criteria at 97kg

11:02: Asian bronze medalist Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ) is the one who is shaken up after he throws Mohamed GABR (EGY) for a 4-point throw, but after an injury timeout, he shrugs it off and finishes up a 5-1 victory to advance at 97kg. 

11:00: Hayk KHLOYAN (ARM), the 2024 world U23 champion and a medalist at two ranking series events this year, puts together four exposures from par terre -- all of which are confirmed on challenge -- for a 10-0 victory over Hamza BOUMADIENE (MAR) in their first-round match at 97kg.

10:51: In a repechage match at 82kg, Asian champion Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT) falls sadly short of getting a shot at his first senior world medal, losing 5-5 on criteria to Halishan BAHEJIANG (CHN). Bahejiang looks in control when he gets two rolls from par terre to lead 5-1 in the second period. But the Iranian-born Badaghimofrad gets a snap down-go behind takedown to cut the lead. A stepout and fleeing penalty point ties the match, but leaves Bahejiang ahead on big point criteria. He holds on to book a date in tonight's bronze-medal match against Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) -- who ironically shared the 77kg bronze medals with Badaghimofrad at the recent Asian Games in Japan.