CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (July 7) – Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) and Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) bumped off top-ranked wrestlers at the European Games and moved to No.1 in their respective weight categories in the United World Wrestling rankings for freestyle.

Medved Prizes winner Gazimagomedov edged No.2 Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL), 2-1, in the 70kg final in Baku to vault from 13th to the top of the poll as 2014 world champion Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) appears to have migrated to 74kg where he has made two appearances in 2015.

Meanwhile, world and European silver medalist Gazumov reversed two losses last year to No.1 Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) with a late takedown in the semifinals at 97kg and leap-frogged over the world champ to the top of the rankings.

The July rankings also see a “new” No.1 at 74kg as Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) regains the position as top welterweight.  Burroughs owned the position in 2013 and 2014 until being replaced by Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) following a loss in the semifinals of the world meet in Tashkent.

Tsargush, however, was tripped up in the Russian nationals and did not appear in Baku, leaving two-time European defending champion Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) to claim a third straight continental crown and No.2 in the rankings behind Burroughs.

With the European Games the marquee event on the wrestling calendar in June, much of the movement in the rankings was based on results at Heydar Aliev Arena. For some entries, the Games were their first major competition of the year, resulting in some big jumps up the polls.

Three wrestlers at the inaugural Games – Russians Aleksander BOGOMOEV (61kg) and Abdulrashid SADULAEV (86kg) as well as Taha AKGUL (125kg) of Turkey – rolled predictably to gold medals in Baku as they further cemented their positions at the top of their categories.

At the two remaining weight categories, two-time former world champion Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) won at 57kg in Baku and climbed from fifth to No.2 in the rankings behind reigning world champ YANG Kyong-Il (PRK).

London 2012 Olympic Games champion Togrul ASGAROV (AZE), who failed to reach the podium in three events in 2014 and 2015, took the 65kg gold medal in front of the home crowd and vaults from 17th to No.6 in the rankings.

Wrestlers in the rankings are listed by name, country code, most recent or most significant result over the last 12 months, and their ranking the previous month.

57kg – Yarygin Grand Prix winner Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) bagged his first continental triumph at the European Games and climbed to No.2 in the rankings, while Sezer AKGUL (TUR) leapt five places to No.7 with a bronze medal from Baku.

World silver medalist Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) and Vladislav ANDREEV (BLR) dropped to 10th and 14th, respectively, after being disqualified for exchanging blows during the semifinals in Baku and were not placed.

1. YANG Kyong-Il (PRK) – World No.1 (1)
2. Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) – European Games No.1 (5)
3. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar (MGL) – Asia No.1 (2)
4. JONG Hak-Jin (PRK) – Asia No.5 (3)
5. Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (7)
6. Ismail MUSUKAEV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (6)
7. Sezer AKGUL (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (No.12)
8. Samat NADYRBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.2 (9)
9. Fumitaka MORISHITA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (10)
10. Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) – World No.2 (4)
11. DAMDINBAZAR Tsogtbaatar (MGL) – Buryatia Cup No.1 (11)
12. Yasar ALIEV (AZE) – Euro Games, No.5 (not ranked)
13. Marcel EWALD (GER) – Euro Games No.2 (nr)
14. Vladislav ANDREEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (8)
15. Anthony RAMOS (USA) – World Cup No.4 (13)
16. Younes SARMASTIDZAJI (IRI) – Asia No.3 (14)
17. Alexandru CHITOACA (MDA) – Euro Games No.3 (nr)
18. John PINEDA (CAN) – Canada Cup No.1 (17)
19. Zoheir EL OUARRAQE (FRA) – Olympia No.1 (18)
20. Levan METREVELI (ESP) – Mediterranean No.1 (19)

61kg – Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) keeps rolling at 61kg with a triumph at the European Games, winning his sixth straight tourney title since the 2014 world championships to tighten his grip on the No.1 ranking.

Nachyin KUULAR (RUS), the silver medal winner at the Yarygin Grand Prix in January, wrapped up the European junior title at 60kg to earn No.12 in the rankings.

1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Masoud ESMAILPOUR (IRI) – Asia No.1@65 (2)
3. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – World Cup No.1 (3)
4. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (4)
5. Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
6. Dyamal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (6)
7. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (7)
8. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.2 (nr)
9. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) – World Cup No.1 (10)
10. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (14)
11. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR) – Euro Games No.3 (nr)
12. Nachyin KUULAR (RUS) – European Jrs No.1 (nr)
13. ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) – World No.3 (8)
14. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (9)
15. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (11)
16. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (13)
17. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (15)
18. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (12)
19. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (16)
20. BATBOLD Nomin (MGL) – Asia No.3 (19) 

65kg – London 2012 gold medalist Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) vaulted 11 places to No.6 in the rankings with his victory at the European Games, while runner-up Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) climbed from 10th to No.7.

1. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – World No.2 (1)
2. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (2)
3. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) – World No.1 (3)
4. Magomed MUSLIMOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
5. Brent METCALF (USA) – World Cup No.1 (5)
6. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) – Euro Games No.1 (17)
7. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) – Euro Games No.2 (10)
8. Ilyas BEKBULATOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.3 (11)
9. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – Euro Games No.3 (9)
10. Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (7)
11. Haji ALIEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3@61 (12)
12. GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) – Asia No.3 (6)
13. Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (8)
14. Yogeshwar DUTT (IND) – Sassari Tournament No.1 (18)
15. Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (13)
16. Mihail SAVA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (14)
17. George BUCUR (ROU) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
18. Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (15)
19. Alexandr KONTOEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (16)
20. Jean Bernard DIATTA (SEN) – Africa No.1 (20)

70kg – Medved Prizes winner Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) won the European Games, defeating second-ranked Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) 2-1 in the final, to vault from No.13 to No.1.

1. Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (13)
2. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – Euro Games No.2 (2)
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – Euro Games No.3 (3)
4. Israil KASUMOV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (4)
5. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – Asia No.1 (5)
6. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK) – Asia No.2 (6)
7. Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (7)
8. Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3 (10)
9. Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.1 (9)
10. Zaur EFENDIEV (SRB) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
11. Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (8)
12. David TLASHADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
13. Zsombor GULYAS (HUN) – Euro Games No.8 (nr)
14. Miroslav KIROV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (16)
15. Andrey KARPACH (BLR) – Euro U23s No.3 (14)
16. Dustin SCHLATTER (USA) – Pan America No.1 (15)
17. Rasul DZUKAEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
18. Saeed DADASHPOUR (IRI) – Yarygin GP No.2 (18)
19. Elaman DOGDURUBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.3 (19)
20. Takafumi KOJIMA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (20)

74kg – Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) won the European title for a third straight year in Baku and rejoins the rankings at No.2 after slipping out of the top 20 in May.  World champion at 70kg Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) also joins the rankings at No.9.

1. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) – World Cup No.1 (2)
2. Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (nr)
3. Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
4. Peyman YARAHMADI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (4)
5. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) – Euro Games No.2 (12)
6. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) – Asia No.3 (5)
7. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN) – World No.2 (6)
8. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) – Euro Games No.3 (8)
9. Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (1@70kg)
10. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY (CUB) – World Cup No.2 (3)
11. Ali SHABANOV (BLR) – Euro Games No.5 (13)
12. Morteza REZAEI GALEH (IRI) – World Cup No.3 (10)
13. Yabrail HASANOV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3 (11)
14. Daisuke SHIMADA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (15)
15. Narasingh YADAV (IND) – Asia No.3 (16)
16. Kiril TERZIEV (BUL) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
17. Krystian BRZOZOWSKI (POL) – Euro Games No.8 (9)
18. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) – Euro U23s No.2 (17)
19. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA) – Euro Games No.7 (nr)
20. Augusto MIDANA (GBS) – Africa No.1 (nr) 

86kg – Piotr IANULOV (MDA) shut out European U23 titlist Aleksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) in the round of 16 and former world bronze medalist Istvan VEREB (HUN) in the quarterfinals on his way to a silver medal at the European Games and No.8 in the rankings.

1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (2)
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (3)
4. Mohammad MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) – Asia No.1@97 (4)
5. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.3 (6)
6. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (7)
7. Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (8)
8. Piotr IANULOV (MDA) – Euro Games No.2 (nr)
9. Aleksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) – Euro U23s No.1 (5)
10. Radoslaw MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) – Euro Games No.3 (9)
11. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Asia No.2 (10)
12. Sandro AMINASHVILI (GEO) – Euro Games No.3 (nr)
13. Istvan VEREB (HUN) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
14. Aleksander GOSTIEV (AZE) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (14)
15. Nurmagomed GADZHIEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
16. Anzor URISHEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
17. ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (13)
18. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (11)
19. Halil ZUBAIROV (MKD) – Macedonian Pearl No.1 (18)
20. Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (20)

97kg – Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) slipped in for a late takedown in the semifinals of the European Games to reverse a pair of losses to Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS), 4-2, at last year’s European and world championships to claim the top ranking at 97kg.

1. Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) – Euro Games No.1 (2)
2. Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.3 (1)
3. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) – Medved Prizes No.2 (3)
4. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.2 (7)
5. Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (4)
6. Javier CORTINA LACERRA (CUB) – World Cup No.3 (6)
7. Reza YAZDANI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
8. Omar GUSOSHIVILI (GEO) – Euro U23s No.1 (8)
9. Yuri BELONOVSKI (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (9)
10. Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ) – Asia No.2 (10)
11. Pavlo OLIYNIK (UKR) – Paris GP No.3 (11)
12. Radoslaw BARAN (POL) – Euro Games No.5 (14)
13. Ibragim SAIDOV (BLR) – Euro Games No.7 (12)
14. Zainulla KURBANOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (13)
15. Ibragim BOLUKBASI (TUR) – Euro Games No.9 (nr)
16. Nicolae CEBAN (MDA) – Olympia No.1 (20)
17. Dragomir STOICHEV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (19)
18. William HARTH (GER) – Dan Kolov No.1 (16)
19. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (15)
20. DORJKHAND Khuderbulga (MGL) – Asian Games No.3 (18)

125kg – World and European champion Taha AKGUL (TUR) recorded a pair of falls and did not allow a point in four wins for the gold medal in Baku to remain top-ranked.

Meanwhile, former world bronze medalists Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) and Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) bagged the bronze medals in Baku to vault to No.5 and No.6 in the rankings, respectively.

1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – Euro Games No.2 (5)
3. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – Asia No.2 (4)
4. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.1 (3)
5. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) – Euro Games No.3 (16)
6. Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3 (12)
7. Aleksander KHOTSIANIVSKI (UKR) – Euro Games No.9 (2)
8. Alen ZASEEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (6)
9. Parviz HADI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (7)
10. Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (11)
11. Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.13 (8)
12. Tervel DLAGNEV (USA) – World No.3 (9)
13. David MODZMANASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.1 (13)
14. Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) – Euro Games No.5 (20)
15. JARGALSAIKHAN Chuluunbat (MGL) – Yargyin GP No.3 (12)
16. Tanji GEMICI (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (13)
17. Levan BERIANIDZE (ARM) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
18. Zachery REY (USA) – Pan America No.1 (15)
19. Daniel LIGETI (HUN) – Euro Games No.7 (nr)
20. Rares CHINTOAN (ROU) – Euro Games No.8 (nr)

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