2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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Men's freestyle 97 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates26–27 October
Competitors26 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Bronze medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 26 and 27 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 Georgia.svg  Merab Suleimanishvili  (GEO)2
Flag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)12

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Merab Suleimanishvili  (GEO)15
Flag of India.svg  Vicky Hooda  (IND)10Flag of India.svg  Vicky Hooda  (IND)13
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Otabek Nazirboev  (UZB)0 Flag of Georgia.svg  Merab Suleimanishvili  (GEO)10
Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Iturriza  (MEX)8Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)4
Flag of Moldova.svg  Constantin Buza  (MDA)5 Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Iturriza  (MEX)1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)2Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)8
Flag of France.svg  Adlan Viskhanov  (FRA)2 Flag of Georgia.svg  Merab Suleimanishvili  (GEO)16
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Soslan Dzhagaev  (AIN)5
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Adam Jakšík  (SVK)5
Flag of Israel.svg  Nikita Goubarets  (ISR)3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Samuel Pereira  (CAN)1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Samuel Pereira  (CAN)14Flag of Slovakia.svg  Adam Jakšík  (SVK)2
Flag of Armenia.svg  Sergey Sargsyan  (ARM)5 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Soslan Dzhagaev  (AIN)2F
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Zafar Aliyev  (AZE)6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Zafar Aliyev  (AZE)2
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Soslan Dzhagaev  (AIN)7F

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Spain.svg  Aimar Alzon Eguinoa  (ESP)0
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Benekli  (TUR)1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)10
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)11Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)11
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Salaheldin  (EGY)5Flag of the United States.svg  Garavous Kouekabakilaho  (USA)0
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Redjep Hajdari  (MKD)3RFlag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Salaheldin  (EGY)1
Flag of the United States.svg  Garavous Kouekabakilaho  (USA)12
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Andriyan Valkanov  (BUL)5Flag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)10F
Flag of Poland.svg  Wiktor Hasa  (POL)0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Andriyan Valkanov  (BUL)0
Flag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)10Flag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)12
Flag of Hungary.svg  Musza Arsunkaev  (HUN)0 Flag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)13
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Feilong  (CHN)0 Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)2
Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)10Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)10
Flag of Greece.svg  Nikolaos Karavanos  (GRE)0

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of India.svg  Vicky Hooda  (IND)5Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)7Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Soslan Dzhagaev  (AIN)4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Andriyan Valkanov  (BUL)0Flag of Hungary.svg  Musza Arsunkaev  (HUN)2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)7
Flag of Hungary.svg  Musza Arsunkaev  (HUN)5Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)7Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)1

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Arash Yoshida  (JPN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Georgia.svg  Merab Suleimanishvili  (GEO)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Soslan Dzhagaev  (AIN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rizabek Aitmukhan  (KAZ)
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  David Mchedlidze  (UKR)
5Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Babaloo  (IRI)
7Flag of India.svg  Vicky Hooda  (IND)
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Salaheldin  (EGY)
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Samuel Pereira  (CAN)
10Flag of the United States.svg  Garavous Kouekabakilaho  (USA)
11Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Iturriza  (MEX)
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Musza Arsunkaev  (HUN)
13Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Zafar Aliyev  (AZE)
14Flag of Slovakia.svg  Adam Jakšík  (SVK)
15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Andriyan Valkanov  (BUL)
16Flag of Moldova.svg  Constantin Buza  (MDA)
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Sergey Sargsyan  (ARM)
18Flag of Israel.svg  Nikita Goubarets  (ISR)
19Flag of France.svg  Adlan Viskhanov  (FRA)
20Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Benekli  (TUR)
21Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Redjep Hajdari  (MKD)
22Flag of Poland.svg  Wiktor Hasa  (POL)
23Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Otabek Nazirboev  (UZB)
24Flag of Spain.svg  Aimar Alzon Eguinoa  (ESP)
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Feilong  (CHN)
26Flag of Greece.svg  Nikolaos Karavanos  (GRE)

References

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