#development

Buenos Aires hosts 2022 More Than Medals camp

By United World Wrestling Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (July 8) -- Aligned with the UWW strategy that focuses on youth development, 2022 More Than Medals Buenos Aires U20 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from June 27 to July 3.

For seven days, 50 wrestlers and coaches from 10 countries took part in the camp, allowing young athletes to exchange experiences and create good memories.

Three gold medalists, seven silver medalists, and eleven bronze medalists from the U17 Pan-American Championships participate in this camp.

An anti-doping seminar was also conducted by Silvina Valoppi from the national anti-doping agency. The seminar was centered on general anti-doping rules, the rights & responsibilities of athletes & coaches (rules for minors and adults), testing procedures, clean sports values, and ethics.

The training sessions were dictated by each national coach, giving a chance to wrestlers to experience other countries' training styles and learn new ways.

ARGMore Than Medals participants share a laugh during a training session at the camp in Argentina. (Photo: United World Wrestling)

Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG) and Patricia BERMUDEZ (ARG) joined the camp as ambassadors and shared their techniques and experience with the youngsters and encouraged them to pursue their dreams in wrestling.

A fun activity day was organized with the support of the Argentina Wrestling Federation with sightseeing in the traditional Buenos Aires neighborhood Caminito, in La Boca, and also the traditional emblem of the city El Obelisco.

This camp once again marked the success of the continued More than Medals program that United World Wrestling has been offering to young athletes since 2017.

#WrestleBudapest

#WrestleBudapest 4th Ranking Series freestyle entries

By Eric Olanowski & Vinay Siwach

BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 22) -- When the fourth Ranking Series in Budapest, Hungary begins on July 13, the World Championships will be just two months away. Most countries would have finalized their world squads and would like to give them a shot at the international competition before the big showdown in Belgrade in September.

The freestyle entry list of the Budapest Ranking Series -- Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial -- confirms the interest of countries giving international experience to their wrestlers.

Iran will send its top wrestlers -- notably world silver medalist Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
and Ali SAVADKOUHI (IRI) at 79kg -- perhaps to finalize which one of the two wrestlers in Belgrade.

It has also entered Amirmohammad YAZDANI (IRI) at 70kg alongwith Ahmad MOHAMMADNEZHADJAVAN (IRI) and Milad VALIZADEH (IRI) at 57kg and Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI) and Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) at 92kg.

Georgia, too, has entered wrestlers in all 10 weight classes while Azerbaijan has two wrestlers -- Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE) at 86kg and Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) at 97kg.

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia are not behind and have entered all 10 weight classes.

The Ranking Series offers prize money to medal winners and allows two-kilogram weight tolerance in each weight category.

All the action from the fourth and final Ranking Series, which will begin with freestyle, will be live on uww.org and UWW App. 

Full Entries:
Greco-Roman entries
Women's wrestling entries

57kg
Wanhao ZOU (CHN)
Gamal MOHAMED (EGY)
Valentin DAMOUR (FRA)
Beka BUJIASHVILI (GEO)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Horst LEHR (GER)
Niklas STECHELE (GER)
Milad VALIZADEH (IRI)
Ahmad MOHAMMADNEZHADJAVAN (IRI)
Abzal OKENOV (KAZ)
Mukhamed BALGABAY (KAZ)
Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ)
Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Zanabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL)
Suraj SINGH (NZL)
Gayan EKANAYAKA MUDIYANSELAGE (SRI)
Kamil KERYMOV (UKR)
Zane RICHARDS (USA)

61kg
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Arman ELOYAN (FRA)
Shota PHARTENADZE (GEO)
Gamzatgadzsi HALIDOV (HUN)
Daniel POPOV (ISR)
Ossimzhan DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Assylzhan YESSENGELDI (KAZ)
Vladimir KUDRIN (KAZ)
Ulukbek ZHOLDOSHBEKOV (KGZ)
Narankhuu NARMANDAKH (MGL)
Yaroslav HURSKYY (UKR)
Andrii DZHELEP (UKR)
Vitali ARUJAU (USA)

65kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG)
Lachlan MCNEIL (CAN)
Shaohua YUAN (CHN)
Ilman MUKHTAROV (FRA)
Marwane Ahmed YEZZA (FRA)
Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
Edemi BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Andre CLARKE (GER)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
SUJEET (IND)
Joshua FINESILVER (ISR)
Sanzhar MUKHTAR (KAZ)
Akbar KURBANOV (KAZ)
Adlan ASKAROV (KAZ)
Ikromzhon KHADZHIMURODOV (KGZ)
Alibek OSMONOV (KGZ)
Changsu KIM (KOR)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Divoshan CHARLES FERNANDO (SRI)
Emrah ORMANOGLU (TUR)
Nicholas LEE (USA)
 
70kg
Daniel COLES (CAN)
Amr Reda HUSSEN (EGY)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Daniel ANTAL (HUN)
Mohammad BAKHSHISHIRKOLAEI (IRI)
Amirmohammad YAZDANI (IRI)
Yegor ANCHUGIN (KAZ)
Syrbaz TALGAT (KAZ)
Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ)
Anil KARUNA PELI GEDARA (SRI)
Ivan KUSYAK (UKR)
Ihor NYKYFORUK (UKR)
Joseph MC KENNA (USA)
 
74kg
Cesar BORDEAUX (BRA)
Adam THOMSON (CAN)
Shengsong XIA (CHN)
Otari BAGAURI (GEO)
Tim MUELLER (GER)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
Mitchell FINESILVER (ISR)
Nurlan BEKZHANOV (KAZ)
Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ)
Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)
Byungmin GONG (KOR)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Cole HAWKINS (NZL)
Krisztian BIRO (ROU)
Udayantha FERNANDO (SRI)
Tymur HUDYMA (UKR)
Vadym KURYLENKO (UKR)
Julian RAMIREZ (USA)

79kg
Francisco de Deus KADIMA (ANG)
Simon MARCHL (AUT)
Saifedine ALEKMA (FRA)
Avtandil KENTCHADZE (GEO)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Botond LUKACS (HUN)
Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
Ali SAVADKOUHI (IRI)
Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ)
Nurdaulet KUANYSHBAY (KAZ)
Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
Zaur EFENDIEV (SRB)
Muhammet AKDENIZ (TUR)
Isa DEMIR (TUR)
Ramazan SARI (TUR)
Oleksii DOMANYTSKYI (UKR)
Chandler MARSTELLER (USA)

86kg
Benjamin GREIL (AUT)
Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE)
Bruno NICOLETTI (BRA)
Xiao SUN (CHN)
Akhmed AIBUEV (FRA)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Ruslan VALIEV (FRA)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Lars SCHAEFLE (GER)
Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE)
Csaba VIDA (HUN)
Patrik PUESPOEKI (HUN)
Uri KALASHNIKOV (ISR)
Yeskali DAULETKAZY (KAZ)
Nurzhan ISSAGALIYEV (KAZ)
Nurtilek KARYPBAEV (KGZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Sebastian JEZIERZANSKI (POL)
Andrei FRANT (ROU)
Myles AMINE (SMR)
Osman GOCEN (TUR)
Fatih ERDIN (TUR)
Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR)
Vladyslav PRUS (UKR)
Maximus HALE (USA)
 
92kg
Adlan VISKHANOV (FRA)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Balazs Attila JUHASZ (HUN)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)
Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI)
Matthew FINESILVER (ISR)
Akezhan AITBEKOV (KAZ)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Denys SAHALIUK (UKR)
Zahid VALENCIA (USA)
 
97kg
Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Nishan Preet RANDHAWA (CAN)
ALATANGALIDA (CHN)
Awusayiman HABILA (CHN)
Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
Erik THIELE (GER)
Vladislav BAITSAEV (HUN)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Nursultan AZOV (KAZ)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Bekzat URKIMBAY (KAZ)
Kanybek ABDULKHAIROV (KGZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Sung Yup RYU (KOR)
Mahamed ZAKARIIEV (UKR)
Murazi MCHEDLIDZE (UKR)
David MCHEDLIDZE (UKR)
Kyle SNYDER (USA)

125kg
Catriel MURIEL (ARG)
Johannes LUDESCHER (AUT)
Zhiwei DENG (CHN)
Diaaeldin ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
Youssif HEMIDA (EGY)
Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
Gennadij CUDINOVIC (GER)
Daniel LIGETI (HUN)
Abraham CONYEDO RUANO (ITA)
Omar EYUBOV (KAZ)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Yeihyun JUNG (KOR)
Yurii IDZINSKYI (UKR)
Mason PARRIS (USA)