GR 63KG 1/8 Round | Yerzhet Zharlykassyn (Kaz) Vs Chan Kim (Kor) | Senior World Championship 2025
63 kilos. Samuel Kassen [Music] Kazakhstan. He’s up against Chan Kim, People’s Republic of Korea. The blue singlet. [Music] Blue action. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Blue action. [Applause] So Cassian, 25 years old, both ranked wrestling the world took silver at the Olympic World Champion Olympic weight class world championships back in 2024. Fingers three matches there before eventually losing in the final. Kyrgystan last year, same thing. Asian championships, gold medal for him there. Contact red. Contact. Sarah Cassian looking to turn that silver medal from last year into a gold in this tournament. Goes for the lift. Low on the waist. action. Gets it up slowly, but he’s running out of real estate there on the hip going down to the legs. More points give given and it’s Kimu defended really well. Salicasan’s not really happy with the situation. [Applause] fingers. Stop. Stop. Blue. Attention. Fingers. Open. Okay. Center [Music] contact. Wrestles back to work. Two points over from Zelicassian. Just explodes underneath. gets a throw off, but no back exposure, only to the side. So, two points given. Arm drag attempt there from Kim. Heavy snap from Zeli Cassan and good action. Twoon one from Kim now. [Applause] It was his elevation where he couldn’t get the two points. This is the shoulder throw low on the forearm. Takes him over. Two points on the 90° exposure, but no four given. The back didn’t touch the mat. Red center. Blue center. Red center. Red up. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] action. Red action. [Applause] It’s Kim who does enough work. hooks. So, Cassian into part position. Red forward. Forward. Red. Head up. Position. Arms out. Head up. Chest up. Thank you. Contact. Legs. Thank you. [Music] Get him down on the waist. Goes hip to hip with his grip then lets go. Ton settles it again. Explodes on the right side. Going for the gut wrench. Salicassian fighting for his life not to give the turn. Almost gave it now. White paddle from the judge. No points given. [Applause] Kim give everything into that gut wrench. You could see all the power that he had. He’s asking for the challenge. Coach clicks the challenge button. We’ll see what’s given. Challenge center. [Applause] Blue. Blue. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] You are one. representation [Music] by the area. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Challenge decision on M C. Right never comes to dangerous position and action is not completed by the blue. No point. Challenge lost. Challenge lost. And another point given to Salicasan. And why? Because the 90° angle was not there on the turn on the gut wrench. When it’s not there, no more points given. [Applause] Attention. No trip fingers. [Music] Action. Blue from the headlock attempt from Kim, but Zakasian pops his head out. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Get back. [Applause] Red wondering where all the noise is coming from in the arena over on Matt Bissell off of Denmark Olympic medalist. He’s on the mat and you always know when these Danish wrestlers step on the mat they bring a big fan base with them. Back [Applause] zone. It’s a point from Kim. Gets to the body lock and just walks his man off the mat. channel. Be happy to give one away, but need to be careful he doesn’t give a caution one. Red up. [Applause] Stop. Stop. Stop. Wait. Shooting him before the whistle. That’s the front headlock trying to bring his man down. Driving forward. Takes him off the map. Gets awarded the two points. Referee awards the one and they’ve got a challenge lost. No challenge up. It’s going a bit Casanu survives the skin of his teeth. Blue center blue. [Music] I don’t think people replace career coaches.
