Kyrgyzstani Asan Zhanyshov won a bronze medal at the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships in Croatia. The UWW website says.
In his weight class bout for bronze, he defeated Hungarian wrestler David Losonczi with a score 4:2.
Asan Zhanyshov had previously defeated athletes from Turkey and Azerbaijan, but then lost to the Iranian wrestler, who advanced to the finals.
In the consolation tournament, the Kyrgyzstani defeated first a German wrestler, and then a Hungarian wrestler.
Asan Zhanyshov’s bronze was the only one for the Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestling team at the championships. Razzak Beishekeyev lost 5:15 to Slavik Galstyan from Armenia in the bronze medal bout.
