The World Wrestling Championship, which ended on November 1 in Astana, resonates well with the current global situation. The championship was shared by the USA, Iran and Russia, which was allowed to present the flag and anthem for the first time since 2019. The Americans took the overall ranking with seven gold medals, Iran - six, Russia - four; In terms of the total number of medals, the USA and Iran were equal (fifteen each), Russia had fourteen.
In Greco-Roman wrestling, the Iranians had no options: 192 team points, 104 for the next team of Azerbaijan. 61 for Russia, which was in sixth place. The Americans won the freestyle, but the North Caucasus were hot on their heels: 194 points for the USA against 185 for Russia. Six-time world champion Sedoliev faced his main rival, the American Snyder, in the quarterfinals, and lost. In the freestyle, the Japanese performed in the best way, three golds, and thanks to them, Japan reached fourth place in the overall ranking. Next are China, Azerbaijan and all the rest by a wide margin.
This championship was supposed to take place in Bahrain, but due to the situation in the Middle East it was moved to Kazakhstan. And it turns out that the fighters of the three countries that are creating this exact situation in the Middle East came to Astana to make order, because in the region itself it turned out that it was impossible to gather them in one room. There simply weren't enough Jews.