Full Freestyle Wrestling Results from the UWW Ranking Tournament in Budapest

The freestyle wrestling competition at the 2026 UWW ranking event, the Polyák Imre, Varga János & Kozma István Memorial, has concluded in Budapest.

The tournament began on July 15, while medals in all ten men’s freestyle weight categories were awarded on July 16. Wrestlers in the 57 kg, 61 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 74 kg and 86 kg divisions competed on the opening day, followed by the 79 kg, 92 kg, 97 kg and 125 kg categories on the second day.

Representatives of India, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, the United States, China, Georgia, Mongolia, Azerbaijan and Bahrain won gold medals. Kazakhstan finished first in the final team standings with 148 points.

Freestyle Wrestling Results

57 kg

1. Aman — India
2. Roberti Dingashvili — Georgia
3. Nurdaulet Aitanov — Kazakhstan and Meirambek Kartbay — Kazakhstan

61 kg

1. Asyl Aitakyn — Kazakhstan
2. Tolga Ozbek — Türkiye
3. Deepak — India and Adilet Almukhamedov — Kazakhstan

65 kg

1. Shamil Mamedov — Bulgaria
2. Abbas Ebrahimzadeh — Iran
3. Vishal Kaliraman — India and Nachyn Kuular — Kazakhstan

70 kg

1. Ridge Thomas Lovett — United States
2. Akaki Kemertelidze — Georgia
3. Ebrahim Elahi — Iran and Tulga Tumur-Ochir — Mongolia

74 kg

1. Feng Lu — China
2. Nurkozha Kaipanov — Kazakhstan
3. Murad Kuramagomedov — Hungary and William Francis Lewan — United States

79 kg

1. Suldhuu Olonbayar — Mongolia
2. Jabrail Gadzhiev — Azerbaijan
3. Luka Chkhitunidze — Georgia and Aykan Samir Seyid — Bulgaria

86 kg

1. Vladimir Gamkrelidze — Georgia
2. Rakhim Magamadov — France
3. Alperen Atar — Türkiye and Tornike Samkharadze — Georgia

92 kg

1. Ali Tsokaev — Azerbaijan
2. Muhammed Aliev — Ukraine
3. Anton Vykhivskyi — Slovakia and Dustin Glenn Plott — United States

97 kg

1. Akhmed Tazhudinov — Bahrain
2. Batyrbek Tsakulov — Slovakia
3. Zbigniew Baranowski — Poland and Vasyl Sova — Ukraine

125 kg

1. Yedige Kassymbek — Kazakhstan
2. Kamil Kosciółek — Poland
3. Buheerdun — China and Rajat Ruhal — India

Final Freestyle Wrestling Team Standings

The Greco-Roman wrestling competition will begin in Budapest on July 17, while the women’s wrestling tournament will also continue. The memorial event will conclude on July 19.

Armenia did not participate in the freestyle wrestling competition but will be represented by two wrestlers in Greco-Roman wrestling: Slavik Galstyan in the 67 kg category and Hayk Khloyan in the 97 kg category.