First finals at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana: gold for Azizli and Suleymanov, seven medals for Turkic states

The World Wrestling Championships are under way at Barys Arena in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Running from 24 October to 1 November, the event brings together the world's best in Greco-Roman, freestyle and women's wrestling. On 25 October the medals in the first four Greco-Roman weight classes were decided.

Athletes from Turkic states finished the first finals night with seven medals. Azerbaijan won two golds: Eldaniz Azizli became world champion at 55 kg by beating Iran's Payam Ahmadi in the final, and Sanan Suleymanov took the 77 kg title against Moldova's Alexandrin Guțu. According to the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation, it is Azizli's fifth world title.

Türkiye's Yüksel Sarıçiçek won silver at 82 kg. Hosts Kazakhstan collected two bronze medals through Iskhar Kurbayev (55 kg) and Aidos Sultangali (60 kg), while Uzbekistan's Alisher Ganiev (60 kg) and Kyrgyzstan's Akzhol Makhmudov (82 kg) also took bronze.

The remaining Greco-Roman finals are scheduled for 26 and 27 October, followed by the women's and freestyle competitions.