Arsen Balayan wins the Russian U23 Freestyle Wrestling Championship

The 2026 Russian U23 Freestyle Wrestling Championship concluded on May 3 in Grozny.

Armenian wrestler Arsen Balayan, representing the Kaliningrad Region, won the tournament in the 86 kg weight category. In the final bout, he defeated Dagestan’s Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov.

Another Armenian wrestler, Robert Muradyan from Stavropol Krai, claimed a bronze medal in the 92 kg weight category.

At the tournament, representatives of the Chechen Republic and Dagestan each won three gold medals. Yakutia, North Ossetia, the Kaliningrad Region, and Moscow each won one gold medal.

Full results of the Russian U23 Freestyle Wrestling Championship

57 kg

1. Magomed-Salyakh Ozdamirov — Chechen Republic
2. Magomed Saypudinov — Dagestan
3. Lev Pavlov — Yakutia and Yunus Yavbatirov — Dagestan

61 kg

1. Viktor Yakovlev — Yakutia
2. Usman Indirbayev — Chechen Republic
3. Magomedrasul Gadzhiev — Stavropol Krai and Magomedsaid Osmanov — Dagestan

65 kg

1. Eldar Akhmadudinov — Dagestan
2. Adam Arkhiev — Chechen Republic
3. Vasily Grigoryev — Yakutia and Batraz Baroyev — Saint Petersburg

70 kg

1. Magomed-Emi Eltemirov — Chechen Republic
2. Rustam Dolayev — Karachay-Cherkessia
3. Ibragimgadzhi Magomedov — Dagestan and Adam Gadzhimagomedov — Dagestan

74 kg

1. Magomed Baitukayev — Chechen Republic
2. Tamir Yeshinimayev — Buryatia
3. Inal Cheldiev — Moscow and Gadzhimurad Gadzhiev — Dagestan

79 kg

1. Malamagomed Gamzatov — Dagestan
2. Abdurakhman Abdusalamov — Dagestan
3. Kalsyn Abakarov — Dagestan and Georgy Abayev — North Ossetia

86 kg

1. Arsen Balayan — Kaliningrad Region
2. Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov — Dagestan
3. Magomed Yusupov — Dagestan and David Dzebisov — North Ossetia

92 kg

1. Arslan Bagayev — North Ossetia
2. Gamzat Gasanov — Dagestan
3. Robert Muradyan — Stavropol Krai and Gadzhimurad Gadzhibatyrov — Dagestan

97 kg

1. Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov — Dagestan
2. Magomedgadzhi Magomedov — Dagestan
3. Soslan Dzhagayev — Moscow and Kamalutdin Bataliyev — Dagestan

125 kg

1. Andrey Bestayev — Moscow
2. Khabib Davudgadzhiev — Dagestan
3. Bagautdin Zainutdinov — Dagestan and Rakhman Malakhmedov — Dagestan