Emelin and Semenov will perform at the World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan

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Olympic bronze medalists Sergei Emelin and Sergei Semenov joined the Russian Greco-Roman wrestling team to participate in the World Championships.

The competition will begin on October 24 and end on November 1 in Astana.

MOSCOW, October 13 - RIA Novosti. Olympic bronze medalists Sergei Emelin and Sergei Semenov joined the Russian Greco-Roman wrestling team to participate in the World Championships, which will be held in Kazakhstan.

The World Wrestling Championship, which will feature freestyle wrestlers, Greco-Roman wrestlers, and women's wrestling competitions, will begin on October 24 and end on November 1 in Astana. Initially, the tournament was supposed to be held in Manama (Bahrain), but due to the situation in the Middle East, it was decided to move the competition to Kazakhstan.

The Greco-Roman wrestling team included ten athletes. In addition to Emelin (weight category up to 63 kg) and Semenov (up to 130 kg), the national team also included three-time European champion Emin Sefershaev (up to 55 kg), European Championship medalist Anvar Allahyarov (up to 60 kg), World Championship medalist Daniyal Agayev (up to 67 kg), current winner of the U20 World Championship Mingiyan Goryaev (up to 72 kg), World Championship medalist Sergei Kutuzov (up to 77 kg), Gamzat Gadzhiev (up to 82 kg), medalist of the World and European Championships Milad Alirzaev (up to 87 kg), as well as medalist of the World and European Championships Artur Sargsyan (up to 97 kg).