Kazakhstan's Bagdat Sabaz wins bronze at World Wrestling Championships in Astana

Kazakhstan's Greco-Roman wrestler Bagdat Sabaz has claimed a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships underway in Astana, Qazinform News Agency reports, citing the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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In the bronze medal bout in the men's 67 kg weight category, Sabaz faced Azerbaijan's Hasrat Jafarov, a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics.

Sabaz defeated his Azerbaijani opponent 8-5 to secure the bronze medal.

Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina is just one victory away from securing the yearend world No. 1 ranking for the first time in her career.