Fujinami pinned, 155-match win streak over
Akari Fujinami had not lost a wrestling match in nine years. Il Sim Son of North Korea pinned her at the Asian Games after building a 10-0 lead.
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Fujinami pinned by Il Sim Son, 155-match streak ends
Akari Fujinami's 155-match winning streak is over, and it ended by fall. United World Wrestling says World silver medalist Il Sim Son of North Korea pinned her at 57kg at the Asian Games after building a 10-0 lead. UWW calls it Fujinami's first ever international loss, nine years into the run.
Akari FUJINAMI 馃嚡馃嚨 loses a wrestling bout after 9 years and 155 wins. First-ever international loss
Why it matters: The most dominant wrestler in women's freestyle is beatable, and 57kg has a new name on top.
- Whether Son and Fujinami meet again at Worlds
On the mat
Emami beats World champ Aoyagi 9-5 for Asian Games 74kg gold
Iran's Yones Emami won Asian Games freestyle gold at 74kg, beating Japan's World champion Yoshinosuke Aoyagi 9-5, per United World Wrestling. GlobalWrestOrder says Emami also went through Olympic champion Zhamalov and World champion Kaipanov on the way, after calling Aoyagi the clear No. 1 at the weight earlier in the tournament. Kaipanov took bronze over India's Sagar Jaglan by fall.
We have a CLEAR favorite and #1 wrestler in the world at 74kg - World Champion馃Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (JPN) is just destroying everyone, and making it look too easy
Why it matters: 74kg has no settled favorite heading into the 2026 World tournament.
Aman beats reigning World champ Han 11-7 at 57kg
India's Aman won the Asian Games freestyle title at 57kg with an 11-7 win over reigning World champion Chongsong Han of North Korea. GlobalWrestOrder says Han had looked dominant all tournament. Aiaal Belolyubskii and Wanhao Zou took the bronzes, per United World Wrestling.
As always with 57kg, it鈥檚 completely open at the world tournament in 2026.
Why it matters: Another top name falls at 57kg, the weight nobody can lock down before Worlds.