WRESTLING – BAHRAIN’S wrestling national team are back in action later this month in a top international competition in Budapest, Hungary.
The Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial is set to be held from July 17 to 20, with close to 500 grapplers from around the world set to take part in freestyle wrestling, Greco Roman wrestling, and women’s wrestling.
The meeting is part of United World Wrestling’s (UWW) Ranking Series. These feature competitions held worldwide supervised by the UWW, where athletes earn points to establish their world ranking.
Budapest marks the final stop of this year’s series, which is key for wrestlers looking to earn a seed for the UWW Senior World Championship this September in Zagreb, Croatia.
Bahrain’s six-member squad hitting the mat in the Hungarian capital’s freestyle events will be headlined by world and Olympic champion Akhmed Tazhudinov, who is fresh from winning a gold medal at the Grand Prix of Spain 2025 in Madrid last weekend. Tazhudinov will again be competing in the men’s 97kg division.
Joining him in Budapest are Alibeg Alibegov in the men’s 65kg category, Magomedrasul Asluev in the men’s 74kg, Khidir Saipudinov in the men’s 79kg, Magomed Sharipov in the men’s 92kg, and Shamil Sharipov in the men’s 125kg division.
Asluev, Saipudinov, and Shamil Sharipov all also came away from Madrid with gold medals, while Alibegov secured a bronze to complete the Bahrainis’ five-medal haul.
All the freestyle wrestling events in Budapest, including the medal rounds, will take place on July 17, according to the UWW.
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