MONDAY, 10.11.2026 /Khovar National Information Agency/. The national team of Tajikistan won six medals - two gold, one silver and three bronze - at the 15th World Kurash Championship in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan. On the last day of the competition, the well-known Tajik athlete Haqnazar Nazarov became the world champion, and Saidjamol Alimardonov won the bronze medal.
After winning four medals on the first day of the competition, Tajik wrestlers won two more medals - one gold and one bronze - on the last day of these competitions. Haqnazar Nazarov won the championship title in 90 kg by defeating Kanan Mamadli, the representative of Azerbaijan.
In the quarter-finals, Haqnazar Nazarov faced the Indian wrestler Chetan Kapoor and won against this opponent as well. Haknazar Nazarov successfully passed the next stages of the competition and reached the final round of the world competition. In the decisive match, his opponent was Yiham Kemalov, a representative of Turkmenistan. Haqnazar Nazarov also won over him and won the gold medal and became the second world champion from Tajikistan at the Astana tournament.
On the last day of the competition, Saidjamol Alimardonov won another medal in the 100 kg category. He won the bronze medal of the competition. We remind that on the first day of the tournament, the national team of Tajikistan won four medals. Sarvar Abdushukurov, a young Tajik athlete, won the first gold medal in the 66 kg category. In the final round, he won over Ruan Khandry, the representative of South Africa, and defeated Bahrombek Atoev, the representative of Uzbekistan, in the decisive match. Previously, he won a bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. Hakdod Gulov won the silver medal in the 60 kg category. He won the first match against Zaven Arzumanyan, representative of Armenia, and then reached the final round. On the first day, two bronze medals were won by Umar Sherov in the weight of 73 kg and Navruz Karimzod in the weight of 81 kg.
In total, seven athletes represented the national team of Tajikistan at the World Championship. The Tajik national team included Hakdod Gulov in weight 60 kg, Sarvar Abdushukurov in weight 66 kg, Umar Sherov in weight 73 kg, Navruz Karimzod in weight 81 kg, Haqnazar Nazarov in weight 90 kg, Saidjamol Alimardonov in weight 100 kg and Firdavs Nasimov in weight 120 kg.
According to the results of the world championship, the national team of Tajikistan took the third place with six medals.
The winner of the competition was the national team of Uzbekistan, which won nine gold, three silver and one bronze medals. The national team of Kazakhstan took the second place with three gold, six silver and one bronze medals. The national team of Iran won 13 medals, but it was behind the national team of Tajikistan in terms of the number of gold medals.
It should be said that kurash is a traditional type of wrestling where competitions are held in a standing position. The main task of the athlete is to perform an effective method of throwing the opponent to the ground. Unlike karate and sambo, this type of wrestling does not provide fighting in a lying position, and the use of painful and suffocating methods is prohibited.
Mehrani QURBAN,
Khovar National Information Agency sports commentator
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Translated automatically from Tajik.
Source: Khovar News Agency · khovar.tj
