The Olympic 74kg champion Hassan Yazdani, proved his decision to move up to 86kg was the right one. He overpowered Russian-born Slovakian Boris Makoev 10-0 in the gold medal match.

Bakoev's silver was the first medal for Slovakia in freestyle competitions at the World Championships.

American J'Den Cox added another bronze medal to his collection, having also finished third at Rio 2016, with a comfortable victory over Mihail Ganev of Bulgaria.

Vladislav Valiev of Russia earned a bronze medal by beating Azerbaijan's Aleksandr Gostiyev, a former competitor for Russia.