The 4th International Freestyle Wrestling Tournament for U23 athletes, named after Honored Coach Lyova Vardanyan 2025, has concluded in Yerevan. Wrestlers from 11 countries participated in the tournament: Armenia, Iran, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Moldova, France, Belarus, Italy, and Cape Verde.
Armenian athletes won 7 medals at the home tournament, including 1 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze. Iranian wrestlers claimed the most medals overall.
Lyova Vardanyan Tournament Medal Table:
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Iran – 11 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)
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Kazakhstan – 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
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Armenia – 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)
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Kyrgyzstan – 5 medals (1 gold, 0 silver, 4 bronze)
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Moldova – 4 medals (0 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
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Georgia – 4 medals (0 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
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India – 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
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Belarus – 1 bronze medal
Full Results of the Lyova Vardanyan Freestyle Wrestling Tournament:
57 kg
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Nurdanat Aitanov (Kazakhstan)
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Malik Sumit (India)
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Makhamadrasul Saliev (Kyrgyzstan) & Haddadi Arshia (Iran)
61 kg
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Harutyun Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
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Erik Airiyan (Armenia)
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Gagik Kazaryan (Armenia) & Luhan Dokturbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
65 kg
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Bilol Sharip Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
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Raffi Artushyan (Armenia)
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Pirdayeh Sayad (Iran) & Yegor Rudavsky (Belarus)
70 kg
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Elhaichuron Ebrahim (Iran)
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Yerali Zhenisov (Kazakhstan)
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Aden Sakibaev (Kyrgyzstan) & Tigran Kazaryan (Armenia)
74 kg
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Mahdi Mamivad Mohammad (Iran)
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Gabriel Oyog (Moldova)
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Parvinder Parvinder (India) & Almas Sabir (Kazakhstan)
79 kg
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Shamispur Hadjvand Abolfazl (Iran)
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Mariy Petko (Moldova)
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Vlad Stratan (Moldova) & Tornike Tuliashvili (Georgia)
86 kg
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Yokhlan Sagar (India)
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Soleimanian Reza (Iran)
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Razmik Epremyan (Armenia) & Traian Kapatina (Moldova)
92 kg
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Nuri Tukhid (Iran)
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Andro Margishvili (Georgia)
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Ali Pur Amir Reza (Iran) & Ulukbek Surombekov (Kyrgyzstan)
97 kg
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Malafeh Efran Alizadeh (Iran)
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Kamil Kurgaliyev (Kazakhstan)
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Levani Bazadze (Georgia) & Firuzmandi Mehdi (Iran)
125 kg
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Yedige Kassimbek (Kazakhstan)
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Lofti Mohammadreza (Iran)
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Tsotne Basilashvili (Georgia) & Khachatur Khachatryan (Armenia)
All photos HERE.