Armenia Wins Nine Medals at the 2026 Stepan Sargsyan Cup: Full Tournament Results

The international freestyle wrestling tournament 2026 Stepan Sargsyan Cup concluded in Yerevan on September 13. The competition was held in the Armenian capital from September 10 to 13.

Armenian wrestlers finished the tournament with nine medals — three gold and six bronze. Manvel Khndzrtsyan (57 kg), Sargis Begoyan (61 kg) and Vazgen Tevanyan (70 kg) won gold medals at the home tournament.

On the final day of competition, Team Armenia added two gold and four bronze medals to its tally.

In the 61 kg final, Sargis Begoyan faced Kazakhstan’s Mairambek Kartbay. The bout ended 4-4, with the victory awarded to the Armenian wrestler on criteria.

Armenia also claimed both bronze medals in the same weight category. Levik Mikaelyan defeated Russia’s Abubakar Mutaliev 8-4, while Tigran Bunatyan won the all-Armenian bronze-medal bout against Erik Ayriyan 4-2.

Vazgen Tevanyan earned another gold medal for Armenia in the 70 kg category. His final against European champion Ibrahim Ibragimov of Russia did not take place after the Russian wrestler withdrew. Tevanyan was therefore declared the tournament winner.

Another Armenian wrestler, Arman Andreasyan, took bronze at 70 kg after an emphatic 10-0 victory over Kazakhstan’s Bek Zhakshilikov.

At 79 kg, Narek Nikoghosyan won a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan’s Daulet Yergesh 13-7.

One of the highest-scoring bouts of the entire tournament came in the heavyweight final. In the 125 kg category, Germany’s Mohsen Siyar defeated Georgia’s Merab Suleimanishvili 20-18.

Final Results — September 13

61 kg

Final:
Mairambek Kartbay (Kazakhstan) — Sargis Begoyan (Armenia) — 4-4, Begoyan wins

Bronze medal bouts:
Abubakar Mutaliev (Russia) — Levik Mikaelyan (Armenia) — 4-8
Erik Ayriyan (Armenia) — Tigran Bunatyan (Armenia) — 2-4

70 kg

Final:
Ibrahim Ibragimov (Russia) — Vazgen Tevanyan (Armenia) — bout did not take place, Tevanyan declared the winner

Bronze medal bouts:
Yernur Nurgazy (Kazakhstan) — Pavel Graur (Moldova) — 4-1
Arman Andreasyan (Armenia) — Bek Zhakshilikov (Kazakhstan) — 10-0

79 kg

Final:
Gadzhimurad Alikhmaev (Russia) — Isaac James Olejnik (USA) — 11-1

Bronze medal bouts:
Dias Sagdatov (Kazakhstan) — Hrayr Alikhanyan (Armenia) — bout did not take place, Sagdatov declared the winner
Narek Nikoghosyan (Armenia) — Daulet Yergesh (Kazakhstan) — 13-7

92 kg

Final:
Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria) — Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) — bout did not take place, Gadzhimagomedov declared the winner

Bronze medal bouts:
Evsem Shvelidze (Georgia) — Mushegh Mkrtchyan (Armenia) — 4-2
Narek Ikilikyan (Armenia) — Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia) — 3-7

125 kg

Final:
Merab Suleimanishvili (Georgia) — Mohsen Siyar (Germany) — 18-20

Bronze medal bouts:
Henrik Haykyan (Armenia) — Denis Khramiankov (Belarus) — 3-9
Robert Baran (Poland) — Georgi Ivanov (Bulgaria) — 10-0

The results of the finals from the first competition block are available HERE.

All Medalists at the 2026 Stepan Sargsyan Cup

57 kg

1. Manvel Khndzrtsyan (Armenia)
2. Aryan Tsiutryn (Belarus)
3. Luka Gvinjilia (Georgia), Dimchik Batomunkuev (Belarus)

61 kg

1. Sargis Begoyan (Armenia)
2. Mairambek Kartbay (Kazakhstan)
3. Levik Mikaelyan (Armenia), Tigran Bunatyan (Armenia)

65 kg

1. Abasgadzhi Magomedov (Russia)
2. Ossimzhan Dastanbek (Kazakhstan)
3. Adil Ospanov (Kazakhstan), John McKenna (USA)

70 kg

1. Vazgen Tevanyan (Armenia)
2. Ibrahim Ibragimov (Russia)
3. Arman Andreasyan (Armenia), Yernur Nurgazy (Kazakhstan)

74 kg

1. Imam Ganishov (Russia)
2. Cameron Amine (USA)
3. Narek Harutyunyan (Armenia), Darkhan Yesengali (Kazakhstan)

79 kg

1. Gadzhimurad Alikhmaev (Russia)
2. Isaac James Olejnik (USA)
3. Narek Nikoghosyan (Armenia), Dias Sagdatov (Kazakhstan)

86 kg

1. Askhab Khadzhiev (Kazakhstan)
2. Zahid Valencia (USA)
3. Razmik Yepremyan (Armenia), Rustem Myrzagaliyev (Kazakhstan)

92 kg

1. Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (Russia)
2. Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria)
3. Evsem Shvelidze (Georgia), Teimuraz Kochkiani (Georgia)

97 kg

1. Konstantine Petriashvili (Georgia)
2. Uladzislau Kazlou (Belarus)
3. Aliaksandr Hushtyn (Belarus), Shamil Tambiev (Russia)

125 kg

1. Mohsen Siyar (Germany)
2. Merab Suleimanishvili (Georgia)
3. Denis Khramiankov (Belarus), Robert Baran (Poland)

A total of 181 athletes from 15 countries competed at the 2026 Stepan Sargsyan Cup. Armenia was represented by nearly all of the country’s leading wrestlers.

Several prominent international wrestlers also traveled to Yerevan, including American world champion Zahid Valencia, Russian world and European champion Abasgadzhi Magomedov, and European champion Ibrahim Ibragimov.

The Armenian government allocated more than 25 million drams to the Wrestling Federation of Armenia for the organization and staging of the tournament.

The winner of each weight category will receive $2,000, silver medalists will earn $1,000, while bronze medalists will receive $500 each.