Turkish freestyle wrestlers bagged one gold and three bronze medals in the 7th edition of CISM Military World Championships in China’s Wuhan.
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) finished second with four medals in freestyle wrestling (Kushti) category in the 2019 Military World Games.
Turkish wrestlers Taha Akgul won gold, while Fatih Yasarli, Soner Demirtas and Selahattin Kilicsallayan captured a bronze medal each.
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Russia finished the competition first with three gold and one bronze medals. Iran and Korea won a gold each in 97kg & 57kg on the second day of the wrestling (Kushti) competition.
In the women’s category, host wrestlers from China proved their supremacy. China won Gold medals in 57 & 50kg categories. In the 53kg category, People Republic of Korea won the Gold medal.
On the third day of the wrestling event, Greco-Roman form of wrestling (Kushti) competition will be played.
Freestyle
57kg
GOLD: Pak Un GWANG (PRK) Pinned Andrei DUKOV (ROM)
BRONZE: Max NOWRY (USA) df. Subiri MWAZEMBE (TAN) by forfeit
BRONZE: Justin LEHR HORST (GER) df. Andrii YATSENKO (UKR), 15-6
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65kg
GOLD: Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (RUS) TF. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR), 10-0
BRONZE: Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) df. Kim Han SONG (PRK), 5-4
BRONZE: Tian Zhen GUANG (CHN) TF Bavyrzhan TOREBEK (KAZ), 12-2
74kg
GOLD: Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) TF Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ), 12-0
BRONZE: Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) df. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA), 4-1
BRONZE: Lee Seung BONG (KOR) df. Aghahuseyn MUSTAFAYEV (AZE), 8-2
86kg
GOLD: Artur NAIFONOV (RUS) TF Ahmed DUDAROV (GER), 10-0
BRONZE: Ahmad BAZRI (IRI) df. Adilet DAVLUMBAYEV (KAZ), 14-5
BRONZE-Mher MARKOSYAN (ARM) df. Uitmen ORGODOL (MGL), 10-10
97kg
GOLD: Mohammad Hossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) df. Aliksandr HUSHTYN (BLR), 3-2
BRONZE: Fatih YASARLI (TUR) df. Huwatibieke BAHETIHAN (CHN), 4-2
BRONZE: Vladislav BAITSAEV (RUS) df. Andriy VLASOV (UKR), 7-0
125kg
GOLD: Taha AKGUL (TUR) df. Yadollah MOHEBI (IRI), 3-0
BRONZE: Zhiwei DENG (CHN) TF Ioannis KARGIOTAKIS (GRE), 11-0
BRONZE: Robert BARAN (POL) df. Oleksandr KOLDOVSKYI (UKR), 2-0
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