Russia wins freestyle World Cup title

Russian Federation claimed their seventh overall Freestyle World Cup title on home soil.

On the championship in Yakutsk Russia did it in dominant fashion. They were without a doubt the deepest team entered into the tournament.

In the finals, Russia stomped Iran, 9-1, and ended the country’s eight-year World Cup title drought. Meanwhile, in the third-place bout, the defending champion the United States edged Japan 6-4.

Cuba finished fifth place after they defeated Mongolia, 6-4, and Georgia claimed seventh place after beating Turkey, 8-2.

RESULTS:

First-Place Match
Russia df. Iran, 9-1 

57kg – Aryian TIUTRIN (RUS) df. Alireza Nosratolah SARLAK (IRI), 11-2
61kg – Ramazan FERZALIEV (RUS) df. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI), 8-2
65kg – Viktor RASSADIN (RUS) df. Morteza Hassanali GHIASI CHEKA (IRI), 10-2
70kg – David BAEV (RUS) df. Meisam Abolfazl NASIRI (IRI), 6-1
74kg – Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) df. Reza Alireza AFZALIPAEMAMI (IRI), 6-0
79kg – Magomed RAMAZANOV (RUS) df. Mojtaba ASGHARI OSMAVANDANI (IRI), via fall
86kg- Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) df. Mersad MARGHZARI (IRI), 10-0
92kg – Mohammadjavad EBRAHIMIZIVLAEI (IRI) df. Magomed KURBANOV (RUS), 2-1
97kg – Vladislav BAITCAEV (RUS) df. Ali Khalil SHABANIBENGAR (IRI), 2-1
125kg – Zelimkhan KHIZRIEV (RUS) df. Amin Hossein TAHERI (IRI), 10-0

Third-Place Match 
United States df. Japan, 6-4 
57kg – Zachary Luke SANDERS (USA) df. Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN), via inj. def.
61kg – Yudai FUJITA (JPN) df. Nicholas Daniel MEGALUDIS (USA), 4-4
65kg – Zain Allen RETHERFORD (USA) df. Daichi TAKATANI (JPN), 10-0
70kg – Kojiro SHIGA (JPN) df. Jason Lyle CHAMBERLAIN (USA), 5-3
74kg – Isaiah Alexander MARTINEZ (USA) df. Yuto MIWA (JPN), 10-0
79kg – Yuta ABE (JPN) df. Thomas GANTT JR (USA), 3-2
86kg – Sohsuke TAKATANI (JPN) df. Samuel Joseph BROOKS (USA), 14-3
92kg – Hayden Nicholas ZILLMER (USA) df. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN), 10-0
97kg – Kyven Ross GADSON (USA) df. Naoya AKAGUMA (JPN), 3-2
125kg – Anthony Robert NELSON (USA) df. Nobuyoshi ARAKIDA (JPN), 5-3

Fifth-Place Match
Cuba df. Mongolia, 6-4 
57kg – TUMENBILEG Tuvshintulga (MGL) df. Reineri ANDREU ORTEGA (CUB), 2-1
61kg – Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) df. GANSUKH Otgonbaatar (MGL), 3-2
65kg – BATCHULUUN Batmagnai (MGL) df. Alejandro VALDES TOBIER (CUB), via forfeit
70kg – Franklin MAREN CASTILLO (CUB) df. ENKHBAYAR Byambadorj (MGL), 4-0
74kg – BYAMBASUREN Bat-Erdene (MGL) df. Cristian COLOMBAT RIVERA (CUB), via fall
79kg – Reinier PEREZ ABREU (CUB) df. BAT ERDENE Byambadorj (MGL)10-0
86kg – ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) df. Yurieski TORREBLANCA QUERALTA (CUB), 4-4
92kg – Lazaro HERNANDEZ LUIS (CUB) df. BAASANTSOGT Ulziisaikhan (MGL), 11-0
97kg – Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) df. ULZIISAIKHAN Batzul (MGL), 2-0
125kg – Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) df. DORJKHAND Khuderbulga (MGL)

Seventh-Place Match 
Georgia df. Turkey, 8-2 
57kg – Ali KARABOGA (TUR) df. Lasha LOMTADZE (GEO), via inj. def.
65kg – Munir Recep AKTAS (TUR) df. Tornike KATAMADZE (GEO), via inj. def.
70kg – Amiran VAKHTANGASHVILI (GEO) df. Cengizhan ERDOGAN (TUR), via forfeit
74kg – Mirza SKHULUKHIA (GEO) df. Serhat ARSLAN (TUR), 6-2
70kg – Zurabi ERBOTSONASHVILI (GEO) df. Nazim Selami KARA (TUR), 11-0
74kg – Davit KHUTSISHVILI (GEO) df. Abdulkadir OZMEN (TUR), 7-2
79kg – Tarzan MAISURADZE (GEO) df. Fatih ERDIN (TUR), via inj. def.
86kg – Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) df. Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR), 6-2
97kg – Mamuka KORDZAIA (GEO) df. Ali BONCEOGLU (TUR), 9-6
125kg – Rolandi ANDRIADZE (GEO) df. Abdullah OMAC (TUR), 6-5

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