U20 World Wrestling Championships freestyle draw held: Armenian wrestlers learn their first opponents

The draw for the freestyle wrestling competition at the U20 World Championships has taken place in Bratislava. The freestyle events in the Slovak capital will begin on August 20 and continue through August 23.

Armenia will be represented in eight weight categories. There will be no Armenian wrestlers competing at 92 kg and 97 kg. At the previous U20 World Championships, Armenia won one bronze medal and finished 10th in the team standings.

First opponents of the Armenian wrestlers:

• 57 kg, Round of 32: Sasha Petrosyan — Yamato Ogawa (Japan)
• 61 kg, Round of 32: Gagik Ghazaryan — Christian Zickel (Austria)
• 65 kg, Round of 32: Aren Hayrapetyan — Isa Isakov (Kyrgyzstan)
• 70 kg, Round of 32: David Davtyan — Vladislav Seyzov (Bulgaria)
• 74 kg, Round of 32: Vladimir Azaryan — Tao Shen (China)
• 79 kg, Round of 32: Narek Nikoghosyan — Luka Margvelidze (Georgia)
• 86 kg, Round of 32: Razmik Yepremyan — Askhab Khadzhiev (Kazakhstan)
• 125 kg, Round of 16: Henrik Haykyan — Dilan Manev (Bulgaria)

Freestyle wrestling competition schedule

Thursday, August 20

• 11:00 — qualification rounds in the 61 kg and 86 kg categories.
• 17:45 — semifinals in the 61 kg and 86 kg categories.

Friday, August 21

• 11:00 — qualification rounds in the 57 kg, 65 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg categories, as well as repechage bouts at 61 kg and 86 kg.
• 18:00 — semifinals in the 57 kg, 65 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg categories.
• 19:00 — finals in the 61 kg and 86 kg categories.

Saturday, August 22

• 11:00 — qualification rounds in the 70 kg, 74 kg, 97 kg and 125 kg categories, as well as repechage bouts at 57 kg, 65 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg.
• 18:00 — semifinals in the 70 kg, 74 kg, 97 kg and 125 kg categories.
• 19:00 — finals in the 57 kg, 65 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg categories.

Sunday, August 23

• 17:15 — repechage bouts in the 70 kg, 74 kg, 97 kg and 125 kg categories.
• 19:00 — finals in the 70 kg, 74 kg, 97 kg and 125 kg categories.

All times are Moscow time.

All brackets for the U20 World Championships in freestyle wrestling

As a reminder, the Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the U20 World Championships in Bratislava concludes today, August 19.