Three more azerbaijani wrestlers compete at the World Championships

October 29, 2026

The Wrestling World Championships are underway in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

On the sixth day of the competition, women’s wrestling in the 55kg and 59kg weight categories and men’s freestyle wrestling in the 65kg and 97kg categories got underway.

Rashid Babazade (65kg) suffered a narrow 8-9 defeat to Kyrgyzstan’s Tairbek Jumasbek Uulu in the qualification round, surrendering the initiative in the closing seconds of the bout.

Magomedkhan Magomedov (97kg) opened his campaign with a technical superiority victory over Belarus’ Aleksandr Hushtyn (17-7). In his next bout against Cuba’s Arturo Torres, he showed great determination to turn a 0-9 deficit into an 18-16 lead and secure the victory. However, he lost 7-12 to Bahrain’s Ahmed Tazhudinov, an Olympic and world champion, in the quarterfinals.

Ruzanna Mammadova (59kg) made a winning debut, defeating Japan’s Natsuki Yamaguchi 5-0. However, she lost 5-8 to China’s Mengyu Xie, a world medallist and Asian champion, in the Round of 16.