Kazakhstan's Altyn Shagayeva finished without a medal at the home World Wrestling Championships in Astana. In the bronze-medal bout in the 59 kg weight category, she lost to Mongolia's Bolortuya Khurelkhuu. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The match ended with Khurelkhuu winning by fall at 8:0.
Shagayeva started the tournament with a victory over Turkey's Bediha Gun – 3:1. In the quarterfinal, the Kazakhstani wrestler was stronger than Poland's Jowita Wrzesien – 5:1 and advanced to the semifinal.
In the bout for a place in the final, Shagayeva lost to Manisha of India. The Indian representative won by technical superiority at 10:0, after which the Kazakhstani earned the right to fight for the bronze medal.
Thus, Shagayeva took fifth place at the home World Championships.
Kazakhstan's only medal in women's wrestling at the tournament was won by Zeinep Bayanova. In the 50 kg category, she became a bronze medalist. Earlier, Nilufar Raimova and Zhamilya Bakbergenova also reached the third-place bouts but lost to their opponents.
China took first place in the unofficial women's wrestling medal standings at the World Championships in Astana, winning three gold and two bronze medals. Japan was second with two gold, two silver and three bronze. The USA was third with two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Kazakhstan's team shared 12th place with one bronze medal.
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Kazakhstan's team took 12th place in the unofficial medal standings with three bronze medals. They were won by Iskhar Kurbaev (55 kg), Aidos Sultangali (60 kg) and Bagdat Sabaz (67 kg).
Tomorrow, October 31, freestyle wrestler Asyl Aitakyn will fight for the bronze medal of the world championship.
The World Wrestling Championships are being held in Astana at Barys Arena from October 24 to November 1 with the participation of almost 900 athletes from about 100 countries. Kazakhstan is hosting the adult world championship for the first time since 2019. Our team is represented by a full roster of 30 athletes.