Astana World Wrestling Championships wrap up: 22 medals for Turkic states, Azerbaijan second in the Greco-Roman team table

The World Wrestling Championships at Astana's Barys Arena, held from 24 October to 1 November, handed out 30 sets of medals. Wrestlers from the Turkic states won 22 between them: 2 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze. The United States (7 golds), Iran and Russia took the top three places in the medal table.

Azerbaijan finished sixth with 6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). In Greco-Roman, Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg) became world champion for the fifth time and Sanan Suleymanov (77 kg) also took gold. Nihat Mammadli (63 kg) lost the final 4-8 to Armenia's Karen Aslanyan and took silver. Those results put Azerbaijan second behind Iran in the Greco-Roman team standings.

In freestyle, Arsenii Dzhioev (86 kg) reached his first world final and lost 2-3 to four-time world champion Kyle Dake of the United States. Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) beat Hungary's Vladislav Baitsaev 10-0 in his bronze medal bout, and Ali Tsokaev (92 kg), in his first world championships, beat Iran's Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei 6-0 for bronze.

Kyrgyzstan came home with 5 medals, 2 silver and 3 bronze. In freestyle, Ernazar Akmataliev (70 kg) lost the final 2-5 to Russia's Ibragim Ibragimov, and Meerim Zhumanazarova took silver in the women's 68 kg. Bronzes went to Malik Shavaev (freestyle, 86 kg), Amantur Ismailov (Greco-Roman, 72 kg) and Akzhol Makhmudov (Greco-Roman, 82 kg).

Hosts Kazakhstan also won 5 medals. Nurkozha Kaipanov (freestyle, 74 kg) made the final on the last day and took silver after a 4-10 loss to Russia's Inalbek Sheriev. Iskhar Kurbayev (55 kg), Aidos Sultangali (60 kg) and Bagdat Sabaz (67 kg) won bronze in Greco-Roman, and Zeinep Bayanova (50 kg) won bronze in the women's event.

Uzbekistan collected 3 medals and finished third in the Greco-Roman team standings: silver for Aytjan Khalmakhanov (67 kg) and bronze for Alisher Ganiev (60 kg) and Ozodbek Khalimboev (63 kg). Both of Hungary's medals came in Greco-Roman, silvers for István Váncza (72 kg) and Dárius Vitek (130 kg). Türkiye's Yüksel Sarıçiçek won silver at 82 kg. Turkmenistan's wrestlers went home without a medal this time.