Belarusian Pavel Glynchuk became the bronze medalist of the World Wrestling Championship

Belarusian athlete Pavel Glynchuk won the bronze award of the World Wrestling Championship 2026, which takes place in the capital of Kazakhstan Astana, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Sport.

The representative of the Greco-Roman style performed in the heaviest weight category - up to 130 kg. In the match for third place, P. Glynchuk defeated Rafael Tsitsuashvili from Uzbekistan with a score of 3: 1. At the start of the tournament, he was stronger than the Azerbaijani Sarhan Mammadov, Abdellatif Mohamed from Egypt passed in the 1/4 final, but in the semifinals he lost to the Hungarian Darius Vitek.

By the way, a year ago the Belarusian won the bronze of the planetary forum in Croatia, and in April 2026 he closed the top three at the European Championships in Albania.

900 wrestlers from 135 countries take part in the World Cup in Astana. Belarus is represented by 17 athletes. The competition ends on November 1.