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Bommarito Closes Out Baku Beach World Series with Victory, Earns Silver Medal

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by David Gerhart, USA Wrestling

Eliana Bommarito hand raise following victory at the 2026 Baku Beach World Series in Baku, Azerbaijan

Eliana Bommarito hand raise following victory at the 2026 Baku Beach World Series in Baku, Azerbaijan

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Three-time World champion Eliana Bommarito collected her 13th career Beach World Series medal on Saturday with silver at the 2026 Baku Beach World Series at Sea Breeze Resort in Baku, Azerbaijan.


Bommarito’s lone match on Saturday saw her upend two-time age-group World champion and Batumi Beach World Series silver medalist Mariia Zenkina of Ukraine, 3-0. Bommarito finished 2-1 in the round-robin bracket to claim silver.


In the Over 70 kg division, Bommarito went 1-1 on Friday. She beat six-time Beach World Series medalist and 2016 World bronze medalist Stefania Zacheila of Greece, but lost 4-0 to Ukraine’s Daria Konstantynova, who went on to win gold in Baku.


In her career, Bommarito has won 10 gold medals at Beach World Series events, along with two silvers and a bronze.


With the silver medal, the U.S. finished tied for fourth with 20 points, alongside Romania. Ukraine won the team title in the women’s division with 100 points after winning gold in each of the four divisions.


On the men’s side, Bryan Coll and Jacob Bumgardner wrapped up action on Saturday after going 0-2 in the knockout series. Coll ended up placing 11th at 70 kg, and Bumgardner placed 10th at 90 kg. Bumgardner’s 10th-place finish earned Team USA two points in the team race to place eighth.


Host Azerbaijan finished atop the men’s team standings with 84 points, behind three gold medals.


Final weight class rankings and Team USA results are available below.


Archived matches are available on FloWrestling. Complete results and brackets are available on UWW Arena.

2026 Baku Beach World Series

At Baku, Azerbaijan, August 29

Reference Links

Men’s Team Standings

1. Azerbaijan, 84

2. Georgia, 62

3. Ukraine, 45

4. France, 25

5. Russia, 20

6. Serbia, 9

7. Türkiye, 6

8. United States, 2


Women’s Team Standings

1. Ukraine, 100

2. Azerbaijan, 40

3. Spain, 24

4. Romania, 20

4. United States, 20

6. Moldova, 15

7. Argentina, 12

7. Greece, 12

9. Ivory Coast, 10

10. Serbia, 8


Men’s Weight Class Rankings

70 kg

Gold – Oleksii Boruta (Ukraine)

Silver – Konstantin Topshinoev (Russia)

Bronze – Levan Kelekhsashvili (Georgia)

4th – Ivan Semenov (Ukraine)

5th – Vikor Nikolaev (Russia)

6th – Ibrahim Musayev (Azerbaijan)

7th – Davit Partenadze (Georgia)

8th – Quentin Sticker (France)

9th – Imamhuseyn Nabiyev (Azerbaijan)

10th – Rubail Ibrahimli (Azerbaijan)


Gold – Oleksii Boruta (Ukraine) defeated Konstantin Topshinoev (Russia),4-0

Bronze – Levan Kelekhsashvili (Georgia) defeated Ivan Semenov (Ukraine), 3-0


80 kg

Gold – Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

Silver – Sahib Dadashov (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Javid Niftalizade (Azerbaijan)

4th – Diego Makharadze (Georgia)

5th – Hugo Cuenot (France)

6th – Miljan Rajic (Serbia)


Gold – Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan) defeated Sahib Dadashov (Azerbaijan), 2-0

Bronze – Javid Niftalizade (Azerbaijan) defeated Diego Makharadze (Georgia), 3-0

90 kg

Gold – Ashraf Ashirov (Azerbaijan)

Silver – Evsem Shvelidze (Georgia)

Bronze – Ramiz Hasanova (Azerbaijan)

4th – Iuza Tsertsvadze (Georgia)

5th – Tornike Tulashvili (Georgia)

6th – Mathis Mayrand (France)

7th – Sofiane Ben Boubaker (France)

8th – Omer Ozyildirim (Türkiye)

9th – Farid Jabbarov (Azerbaijan)

10th – Jacob Bumgardner (United States)


Gold – Ashraf Ashirov (Azerbaijan) defeated Evsem Shvelidze (Georgia), 3-0

Bronze – Ramiz Hasanova (Azerbaijan) defeated Iuza Tsertsvadze (Georgia), injury default

Over 90 kg

Gold – Jamal Feyziyev (Azerbaijan)

Silver – Vazha Daiauri (Ukraine)

Bronze – Mamuka Kordzaia (Georgia)

4th – Tedore Ebanoidze (Georgia)

5th – Ravan Musayev (Azerbaijan)

6th – Giorgi Chikhradze (Georgia)


Gold – Jamal Feyziyev (Azerbaijan) defeated Vazha Daiauri (Ukraine), 1-0

Bronze – Mamuka Kordzaia (Georgia) defeated Tedore Ebanoidze (Georgia), 3-1


Women’s Weight Class Rankings

50 kg

Gold – Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (Ukraine)

Silver – Ana Rotaru (Romania)

Bronze – Diana Rysova (Ukraine)

4th – Claudia Cabrera (Argentina)

5th – Asmar Jankurtaran (Azerbaijan)

6th – Cristina Andujar Ojeda (Spain)


Gold – Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (Ukraine) defeated Ana Rotaru (Romania), 3-1

Bronze – Diana Rysova (Ukraine) defeated Claudia Cabrera (Argentina), 4-0


60 kg

Gold – Oksana Moskalova (Ukraine)

Silver – Nargiz Samadova (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Lydia Perez Tourino (Spain)

4th – Anastasiya Kravchenko (Ukraine)

5th – Nogona Bakayoko (Ivory Coast)


Round Robin Records – Moskalova (3-1), Samadova (2-2), Perez Tourino (2-2), Kravchenko (2-2), Bakayoko (1-3)


70 kg

Gold – Olena Nikitinska (Ukraine)

Silver – Halyna Oleksiivska (Ukraine)

Bronze – Irina Ringaci (Moldova)

4th – Romana Vovchak (Ukraine)

5th – Zahra Karimzada (Azerbaijan)

6th – Nigar Mirzazada (Azerbaijan)

7th – Masa Perovic (Serbia)


Gold – Olena Nikitinska (Ukraine) defeated Halyna Oleksiivska (Ukraine), 3-2

Bronze – Irina Ringaci (Moldova) defeated Romana Vovchak (Ukraine), 3-0

Over 70 kg

Gold – Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine)

Silver – Eliana Bommarito (United States)

Bronze – Mariia Zenkina

4th – Stefania Zacheila (Greece)


Round Robin Records – Konstantynova (3-0), Bommarito (2-1), Zenkina (1-2), Zacheila (0-3)

U.S. Men’s Results


70 kg – Bryan Coll (Bayville, N.Y./Shea RTC), 11th place

LOSS Viktor Nikolaev (Russia), 3-0

LOSS Viktor Nikolaev (Russia), 4-0


90 kg – Jacob Bumgardner (Bremen, Ga./Bremen Takedown Club), 10th place

LOSS Tornike Tulashvili (Georgia), 3-0

LOSS Tornike Tulashvili (Georgia), injury default


U.S. Women’s Results

Over 70 kg – Eliana Bommarito (East Lansing, Mich./Michigan Revolution WC), silver medalist

WIN Stefania Zacheila (Greece, 3-0

LOSS Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine), 4-0

WIN Mariia Zenkina (Ukraine), 3-0