Vazgen Tabanyan defeated the two-time world champion and reached the finals of the 2026 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship, which began today in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, the only representative of Armenia, and Vazgan Tabanyan (65 kg), started impressively and won 3 victories in a row. In the quarterfinals, the 26-year-old Armenian fighter won a sensational victory over one of the main favorites in the tournament - the leader in the world rankings, the Iranian Rahman Amozed Khalili. The outcome of the game was decided with only 4 seconds to go; Before that, Tabanyan lost with a score of 1:2. Subscribe to Alpha News VK Zen Website TikTok Facebook Instagram YouTube X.