On October 24, the 5th day of competition at the 2025 World Championships in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling for athletes under 23 (U-23) will take place on the mats at the “Spens” sports complex in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Today’s schedule includes the preliminary round and semifinals in freestyle wrestling in the weight classes up to 74, 92 kg, as well as women’s wrestling in the weight classes up to 53, 59, 62 kg.
In the evening, the women’s winners will be determined in the divisions up to 55, 57, 65, 68 kg.
Competition schedule | Draw | Medal standings
Live broadcast: October 24 | October 25 | October 26 | October 27
Results, weight classes: 74, 92 kg | 57, 70, 79, 125 kg | 61, 65, 86, 97 kg
The leading contender for the men’s title in the (up to 74 kg) category is newly crowned senior world champion, Japanese wrestler Yoshinosuke Aoyagi. In September, Yoshinosuke won the title in the 70 kg category on the mats in Zagreb. A total of 27 wrestlers will compete for a place on the podium.
26 athletes will compete in the (up to 92 kg) division. The top seed is Russian wrestler Mukhamed-Takhir Khaniev, competing under the “UWW” flag. Magomed Sharipov of Bahrain and Georgian wrestler Andro Margishvili are in the same half of the draw.
Armenian wrestler Knyaz Iboyan, the reigning U-23 European silver medalist, stands out in the lower half of the draw.
Today’s finals matchups are as follows:
Women’s Wrestling
55 kg
Shugyla Omirbek (Kazakhstan) — Tuba DEMIR (Turkey)
57 kg
Akari FUJINAMI (Japan) — Arina Martynova (UWW)
65 kg
Yuqi RAO (China) — Elizaveta Petlyakova (UWW)
68 kg
Alina Shevchenko (UWW) — Nesrin BAS (Turkey)
Ukraine’s women’s team will be represented in the preliminary round by Natalia Klivchutska (53 kg), Yulia Pakhnyuk (59 kg) and Iryna Bondar (62 kg).
Cheer on your favorites, and may the best wrestlers win!
The preliminary round starts at 11:00 (Eastern European Time UTC+2). The finals session begins at 19:00.
Watch the 2025 U-23 World Championships in freestyle and women’s wrestling live from Novi Sad (Serbia). Registration is required to watch!
