#Wrestling

Ukrainian wrestler Anastasiia Alpeeva won gold at the 2026 World Championships in the 76 kg category, defeating her Indian opponent 8:6 in the final. This is Ukraine's first medal of the tournament and the first-ever gold in the heaviest women's weight class.

The Ukrainian women's wrestling team won two golds and a bronze at the U-23 World Championships in Las Vegas, taking first place in the team standings. Bondar and Zablotskaya became world champions.

Ukrainian wrestler Egor Yakushenko became the U23 World Vice-Champion in Las Vegas. In the 97 kg final, he lost to Abubakar Khaslakhanov with a score of 1:2.

Ukrainian wrestler Yegor Yakushenko reached the U-23 World Championship final in Las Vegas, where he will fight for gold against Belarus's Abubakar Khaslakhanov.

Ukraine's national beach wrestling team triumphantly concluded the season at the World Series final stage in Greece, winning numerous awards and World Championship medals.

Olympic champion Jean Belenyuk gave Terence Crawford, who is visiting Ukraine, a Greco-Roman wrestling lesson. The American also met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Ochmatdet.

At the U20 World Wrestling Championship in Bratislava, Ivan Zalisko (up to 74 kg) and Bohdan Alekseenko (up to 79 kg) won bronze medals in freestyle wrestling. In total, the Ukrainian team earned five medals across three disciplines.

Ukrainian wrestler Egor Yakushenko became a three-time U20 world champion, winning the final against Ilya Komarov. His successes highlight the high level of Ukrainian wrestling.

🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestling team triumphed at the tournament in Lithuania in 2026! Our wrestlers won 9 medals, 6 of which are gold. 🥇 Main heroes: Olympic medalist Parviz Nasibov, Yaroslav Filchakov, and Alexander Grushin. 💪 Ukrainian sports continue to win! 🇺🇦🥋

🥇 Gold and two silvers — this is the result shown by the Ukrainian U-17 Greco-Roman wrestling team at the World Championships in Baku! Timofiy Prykhodko became the World Champion, while Ibrahim Nasibov and Hleb Evseev became vice-champions. The team entered the world top-5 🇺🇦💪 #wrestling #sports #ukraine