Aidos Sultangali claims bronze, beating Olympic medalist in Astana
21:14, 25 October 2026
Kazakhstan has won its second medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Qazinform News Agency reports, citing the National Olympic Committee.
Greco-Roman wrestler Aidos Sultangali of Kazakhstan has captured bronze at the Championships.
In the bronze-medal bout in the 60 kg weight class, the Kazakh athlete proved stronger than China's Cao Liguo, a silver medalist of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and a bronze medalist of the 2023 World Championships.
Aidos Sultangali won a historic gold at the 2025 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
Earlier, Iskhar Kurbayev won Kazakhstan's first medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana.