All Men's Freestyle Finalists Determined at Budapest Grand Prix

On July 17, the preliminary bouts of the freestyle wrestling ranking tournament in Budapest concluded. Wrestlers from around the world competed for a spot in the final, and now all finalists in the men's weight categories are known.

Team Armenia is represented by two wrestlers. Arman Andreasyan (70 kg) confidently made it to the final, where he will face Japan’s Yoshinosuke Aoyagi. The other Armenian representative, Vazgen Tevanyan (65 kg), lost in the semifinals and will now wrestle for a bronze medal.

Final matchups (Men’s Freestyle):
57 kg: Luke Lilledahl (USA) — Islam Bazarganov (Azerbaijan)
61 kg: Takara Suda (Japan) — Tayirbek Jumashbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
65 kg: Sujeet (India) — Ali Rahimzade (Iran)
70 kg: Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan) — Arman Andreasyan (Armenia)
79 kg: Magomed Evloev (Azerbaijan) — Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia)
97 kg: Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) — Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland)
125 kg: Shamil Sharipov (Bahrain) — Denis Khromenkov (Belarus)

The finals and bronze medal matches will take place on July 17, starting at 19:00 Moscow time.

Bouts of Armenian Wrestlers:
65 kg
R16: Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) — Krzysztof Bienkowski (POL) 6:0
QF: Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) — Gamzatgadzhi Khalidov (HUN) 7:0
SF: Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) — Sujeet (IND) 1:6
Tevanyan will wrestle Hamzat Arsamerzoev (FRA) for bronze.

70 kg
R16: Arman Andreasyan (ARM) — Egor Anchugin (KAZ) 6:1
QF: Arman Andreasyan (ARM) — Sina Khalili (IRI)
SF: Arman Andreasyan (ARM) — Austin Gomez (MEX) 6:4
Andreasyan will face Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (JPN) in the final.