Georgia wins Greco-Roman team title, Ukraine finishes second, Russia third, as Cadet World Championships draw to a close

Feature photo of Georgia’s 80 kg Cadet World champion Achiko Bolkvadze courtesy of Martin Gabor/United World Wrestling

Budapest, Hungary – The Cadet World Championships officially concluded this evening with the second-half of the Greco-Roman finals. Team USA, who finished ninth overall, did not have any wrestlers remaining on the last day of competition. Yesterday, Cory Land earned silver for the Red, White and Blue at 55 kg, while Otto Black (48 kg) and Jim Mullen (110 kg) finished in fifth place.

Georgia brought home the team title with 141 points, finishing 14 points ahead of runner-up Ukraine, who edged out the third-place Russian team by only three points.

Georgia crowned two champions, Luka Javakhadze at 48 kg and Achiko Bolkvadze at 80 kg. They finished with five medalists overall, including one silver and two bronzes, as well as three fifth-place finishers.

Ukraine brought home five medalists including World champions Nikita Dementiev (45 kg) and Imed Khudzhadze (65 kg), two silver medalists and one bronze medalist. However, they only had one wrestler finish in fifth place.

Russia matched Georgia and Ukraine with two champions, Valerii Mangutov (55 kg) and Daniil Chasovnikov (110 kg). However, they only earned four total medalists, picking up two bronzes and two fifth-place finishes.

Fourth-place Kyrgyzstan finished with 87 points. They also had two wrestlers win gold, Nuristan Suiorkulov at 51 kg and Razzak Beishekeev at 60 kg. Additionally, one wrestler earned bronze and another finished fifth.

The only two gold medalists to come from teams finishing outside the top four were Moldova’s Alexandru Solovei (71 kg) and Abubakar Khaslakhanau (92 kg) of Belarus. They were both the sole wrestler from their respective country to make a medal match. Moldova finished in 12th, while Belarus finished 14th.

The Junior World Championships kick off in less than a month, beginning on August 16th and running through August 22 in Ufa, Russia.

2021 Cadet World Championships

at Budapest, Hungary, July 19-25

U.S. Greco-Roman results

45 kg: Bo Bassett (Windber, Pa.)
LOSS Ruslan Lukiaev (Russia), 8-0

48 kg: Otto Black (Castle Rock, Colo.) - FIFTH
WIN Yuri Karapetyan (Armenia),
WIN Peter Totok (Hungary), 4-0
LOSS Servet Angi (Turkey), 5-5
LOSS Ruslan Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), 4-2

51 kg: Kaedyn Williams (Lancaster, Pa.)
WIN Abolfazi Shahraki Niya (Iran), 6-3
LOSS Kuvonchbek Yakhshiboev (Uzbekistan), 8-0

55 kg: Cory Land (Moody, Ala.) – SILVER
WIN Berati Inac (Turkey), 10-0
WIN Adam Silverin (Sweden), 9-6
WIN Zhantoro Mirazaliev (Kyrgyzstan), 5-0
LOSS Valerii Mangutov (Russia), 8-0

60 kg: Brock Bobzien (Poway, Calif.)
LOSS Bagdat Sabaz, 10-1 (Kazakhstan)

65 kg: Jadon Skellenger (Meridian, Idaho)
WIN Rokas Cepauskas (Lithuania), 9-0  
WIN Ashot Poghosyan (Bulgaria), 8-0
LOSS Ankit Guli (India), 14-6

71 kg: Braden Stauffenberg (Plano, Ill.)
LOSS Ruslan Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), 9-0

80 kg: Ryder Rogotzke (Lakeland, Minn.)
WIN Mihael Salajec (Croatia), FALL, 1:28
LOSS Joju Samadov (Azerbaijan), 11-4

92 kg: Nathan Wemstrom, (Buffalo Grove, Ill.)
LOSS Rasmus Liisma (Estonia) 3-1

110 kg: James Mullen (Harrington Park, N.J.)
LOSS Nikita Ovsjanikov (Germany), 7-2
WIN Lyova Sargsyan (Armenia), Fall 1:06
LOSS Artur Sarkisjan (Czechia), FALL 1:50

Final Results

45kg
GOLD: Nikita DEMENTIEV (UKR) df Ozodbek KHALIMBOEV (UZB), 2-1
BRONZE: Nurbolot BERDIKULOV (KGZ) df Ali AHMADI VAFA (IRI), 8-0
BRONZE: Anri KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO) df Amare FETENE (ISR), 5-0

48kg
GOLD: Luka JAVAKHADZE (GEO) df Servet ANGI (TUR), 9-5
BRONZE: Yussuf ASHRAPOV (KAZ) df Pavel BONDAR (RUS), 12-1
BRONZE: Faraim MUSTAFAYEV (AZE) df Otto BLACK (USA), 4-2

51kg
GOLD: Nuristan SUIORKULOV (KGZ) df Yurii TOVT (UKR), 3-1
BRONZE: Rahman KARIMOV (AZE) df Hayk LYUDVIGYAN (ARM), 7-1
BRONZE: Malik GIGIEV (RUS) df Beso MAKHARADZE (GEO), 9-1

55kg
GOLD: Valerii MANGUTOV (RUS) df Cory LAND (USA), 8-0
BRONZE: Tamazi GLONTI (GEO) df RUPIN (IND), 5-1
BRONZE: Berati INAC (TUR) df Zhantoro MIRZALIEV (KGZ), 8-0

60kg
GOLD: Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ) df Seyyedmostafa REZAEI DARYAKENARI (IRI), 4-1
BRONZE: SUMIT (IND) df Bagdat SABAZ (KAZ), 8-0
BRONZE: Rati KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO) df Azizbek YOLDOSHEV (UZB), via fall

65kg
GOLD: Imed KHUDZHADZE (UKR) df Anri PUTKARADZE (GEO), 6-6
BRONZE: Ankit GULIA (IND) df Tair AMANGELDI (KAZ), 9-0
BRONZE: Nihat KARA (TUR) df Karl BAFF (SWE), 10-0

71kg
GOLD: Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA) df Alireza ABDEVALI (IRI), 2-1
BRONZE: Ruslan NURULLAYEV (AZE) df Tornike MIKELADZE (GEO), 3-1
BRONZE: Dimitar RACHEV (BUL) df Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ), 9-0

80kg
GOLD: Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO) df Kamaludin MAGOMEDOV (RUS), via fall
BRONZE: Ivan TSYBANEV (UKR) df Hamza SERTCANLI (SWE), 5-5
BRONZE: Joju SAMADOV (AZE) df Beibit KORGANOV (KAZ), 8-0

92kg
GOLD: Abubakar KHASLAKHANAU (BLR) df Vladyslav LUB (UKR), 3-1
BRONZE: Timur CHERNYSHEV (RUS) df Javlon TIRKASHEV (UZB), 11-3
BRONZE: Ali JALALI ABDOLVAND (IRI) df Harutyun KIRAKOSYAN (ARM), via fall

110kg
GOLD: Daniil CHASOVNIKOV (RUS) df Nikita OVSJANIKOV (GER), 9-0
BRONZE: Rafail GKIRNIS (GRE) df Artur BOICHUK (UKR), 9-4
BRONZE: Artur SARKISJAN (CZE) df James MULLEN (USA), via fall

Final Team Scores

1. Georgia - 141
2. Ukraine - 127
3. Russia -124
4. Kyrgyzstan - 87
5. Iran - 81
6. Azerbaijan - 70
7. Kazakhstan - 67
8. Turkey - 62
9. United States - 56
10. India - 54
11. Uzbekistan - 52
12. Moldova - 35
13. Armenia - 30
14. Belarus - 27
15. Sweden - 26
16. Hungary - 20
17. Germany - 15
18. Czechia - 15
19. Greece - 15
19. Bulgaria - 15
21. Israel - 10
22. Estonia - 8
23. Croatia - 2
23. Romania - 2
25. Austria - 0
25. Italy - 0
25. Lithuania - 0
25. Poland - 0
25. Serbia - 0
25. Switzerland – 0