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.
In the finals of 61kg,
FERZALIEV wins 🏅#wrestleyakutsk #uww #wrestling pic.twitter.com/169orLteUN— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) March 17, 2019
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