World Wrestling Championships in Astana: two silvers for Hungary, bronze for Kyrgyzstan, Nihat Mammadli in the final

The second evening of Greco-Roman finals at the World Wrestling Championships at Barys Arena in Astana brought three medals to the Turkic states. Two Hungarian wrestlers reached the final and both took silver: István Váncza at 72 kg and Dárius Vitek at 130 kg. Both finals were won by Iranian wrestlers.

It is Vitek's second world silver in a row after he also reached the final in Zagreb in 2025. Váncza summed up his medal this way: «This silver shows I am on the right path for the future».

One of the 72 kg bronze medals went to Kyrgyzstan's experienced Amantur Ismailov, who competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

On 27 October Azerbaijan's Nihat Mammadli will face Armenia's Karen Aslanyan in the 63 kg gold-medal bout. He beat Russia's Sergey Yemelin on criteria in a tied semifinal. The same day Hasrat Jafarov wrestles for bronze at 67 kg. On the first finals evening Azerbaijan's Eldaniz Azizli and Sanan Suleymanov were crowned world champions. The championships run until 1 November.