2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

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Men's freestyle 70 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates25–26 October
Competitors26 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 25 and 26 October 2025. [1]

Contents

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)9
Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)4

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Armenia.svg  Davit Margaryan  (ARM)11
Flag of Chile.svg  Matías Muñoz Ramírez  (CHI)0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yue Junbin  (CHN)0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yue Junbin  (CHN)11FFlag of Armenia.svg  Davit Margaryan  (ARM)0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Muhammad Abdurachmanov  (BEL)9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)7F
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Mikita Dzemchanka  (AIN)5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Muhammad Abdurachmanov  (BEL)0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cole Coghill  (CAN)0 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)10
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)10Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)14
Flag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)4
Flag of Japan.svg  Kaito Morita  (JPN)12
Flag of Turkey.svg  Umut Erdoğan  (TUR)11Flag of Turkey.svg  Umut Erdoğan  (TUR)4
Flag of Mexico.svg  Gabriel Sánchez Zepeda  (MEX)0 Flag of Japan.svg  Kaito Morita  (JPN)3
Flag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)7Flag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)9
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Begijon Kuldashev  (UZB)1 Flag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)10
Flag of Germany.svg  Rostislav Leicht  (GER)0

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Spain.svg  Denis Kodakov Gil  (ESP)0
Flag of Austria.svg  Alexander Seiwald  (AUT)2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Adis Rakhat Uulu  (KGZ)4
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Adis Rakhat Uulu  (KGZ)12Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Adis Rakhat Uulu  (KGZ)3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Narek Pohosian  (UKR)0 Flag of Moldova.svg  Alexandr Gaidarli  (MDA)14
Flag of Cuba.svg  Orislandy Perdomo  (CUB)10Flag of Cuba.svg  Orislandy Perdomo  (CUB)2
Flag of Moldova.svg  Alexandr Gaidarli  (MDA)12
Flag of Moldova.svg  Alexandr Gaidarli  (MDA)2
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Umar Umarov  (AIN)5 Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)8
Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)6Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)12
Flag of Egypt.svg  Yehia Hafez  (EGY) Flag of India.svg  Naveen Kumar  (IND)2
Flag of India.svg  Naveen Kumar  (IND)WOFlag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)11
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kaloyan Atanasov  (BUL)0 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maiis Aliyev  (KAZ)0
Flag of Georgia.svg  Goga Otinashvili  (GEO)10Flag of Georgia.svg  Goga Otinashvili  (GEO)0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maiis Aliyev  (KAZ)10

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cole Coghill  (CAN)0Flag of Armenia.svg  Davit Margaryan  (ARM)2Flag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)7F
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Muhammad Abdurachmanov  (BEL)10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Muhammad Abdurachmanov  (BEL)1Flag of Armenia.svg  Davit Margaryan  (ARM)2
Flag of India.svg  Naveen Kumar  (IND)1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maiis Aliyev  (KAZ)8Flag of Moldova.svg  Alexandr Gaidarli  (MDA)10
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Umar Umarov  (AIN)11Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Umar Umarov  (AIN)3RFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maiis Aliyev  (KAZ)3

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  PJ Duke  (USA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Moldova.svg  Alexandr Gaidarli  (MDA)
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Davit Margaryan  (ARM)
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maiis Aliyev  (KAZ)
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Muhammad Abdurachmanov  (BEL)
8Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Adis Rakhat Uulu  (KGZ)
9Flag of India.svg  Naveen Kumar  (IND)
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yue Junbin  (CHN)
11Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Umar Umarov  (AIN)
12Flag of Turkey.svg  Umut Erdoğan  (TUR)
13Flag of Cuba.svg  Orislandy Perdomo  (CUB)
14Flag of Georgia.svg  Goga Otinashvili  (GEO)
15Flag of Japan.svg  Kaito Morita  (JPN)
16Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Mikita Dzemchanka  (AIN)
17Flag of Austria.svg  Alexander Seiwald  (AUT)
18Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Begijon Kuldashev  (UZB)
19Flag of Spain.svg  Denis Kodakov Gil  (ESP)
20Flag of Germany.svg  Rostislav Leicht  (GER)
21Flag of Ukraine.svg  Narek Pohosian  (UKR)
22Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kaloyan Atanasov  (BUL)
23Flag of Chile.svg  Matías Muñoz Ramírez  (CHI)
24Flag of Mexico.svg  Gabriel Sánchez Zepeda  (MEX)
25Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cole Coghill  (CAN)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Yehia Hafez  (EGY)

References

  1. "U23 World Championships". uww.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.