World Wrestling Championships 2024 Final Results: David Taylor wins bronze in men's 92kg freestyle while Vitali Arujau grabs bronze in 61kg freestyle

After an eight-year hiatus, the World Wrestling Championships returned to the wrestling arena in Tirana, Albania. The World Wrestling Championships commenced on October 28, 2024, and concluded on October 31, 2024.

Nearly 300 wrestlers entered the arena to vie for the title in 12 weight categories, including freestyle, women's wrestling, and Greco-Roman. Although the Championships restricted the entry of 2024 Paris Olympics athletes, it featured other elite wrestlers, including Jordan Burroughs, David Taylor, and Abdulrashid Sadulaev.

The freestyle wrestling featured non-Olympic weight divisions, including 61kg, 70kg, 79kg, and 92kg, while the women's wrestling displayed the 55kg, 59kg, 65kg, and 72kg classes, and the Greco-Roman category showcased e 55kg, 63kg, 72kg, and 82kg categories.

The Championships concluded on day four with the men's freestyle events finals. On that note, let's take a look at the 2024 Wrestling World Championships concluding day results.

Results of the men's freestyle event at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships

David Taylor of the USA won the bronze medal in the men's 92kg freestyle event wrestling at the Senior World Championships 2024 at the Tirana Olympic Park in Tirana, Albania. (Image Source: Getty)

Tokyo 2020 gold medalist David Taylor won a bronze medal in the men's 92 freestyle wrestling category after defeating the Islamic Republic of Iran's Kamran Ghasempour on Thursday, October 31, 2024, with a 6-2 victory by points.

He fell short of competing for the gold medal in the Championships after two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev dominated the qualification round with a decisive lead of 7-0, pushing the American wrestler into the repechage round and allowing vying for the bronze medal. He defeated Abubakr Abakarov to earn a spot for the bronze medal match.

After navigating a series of injuries and pulling out from competing in the Olympic Trials, the two-time world championships medalist Vitali Arujau collected a bronze medal in the 61kg category.

Results of all the men's freestyle weight category faceoffs held on Day Four of the World Wrestling Championships 2024 are given below.

61kg Men's Freestyle:

Gold: Ono Masanosuke (JPN)

Silver: Ahmet Duman (TUR)

Bronze:Tsogbadrakh Tseveensuren (MGL), and Vitali Arujau (USA)

70kg Men's Freestyle:

Gold:Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)

Silver: Aoyagi Yoshinosuke (JPN)

Bronze: Inalbek Sheriev (Individual Neutral Athletes), and Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK)

79kg Men's Freestyle:

Gold: Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)

Silver: Magomed Magomaev (Individual Neutral Athletes)

Bronze:Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI), Aschsarbek Gulajev (SVK)

92kg Men's Freestyle:

Gold: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athletes)

Silver: Miriani Maisuradze (GEO)

Bronze: David Taylor (USA), Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK)