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Freestyle Semifinal Matchups: 61kg, 65kg, 79kg, 86kg, 97kg

Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 13:23 By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 17) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in freestyle at 61kg, 65kg, 79kg, 86kg and 97kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

61kg
Akhmednabi GVARZATILOV (AZE) vs. Muhamad IKROMOV (TJK) 
Abasgadzhi MAGOMEDOV (RUS) vs. Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG)

65kg
Hor OHANNESIAN (UKR) vs. Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) 
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) vs. Haji ALIYEV (AZE)

79kg
Baliyan GOURAV (IND) vs. Akhmed USMANOV (RUS) 
Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) vs. Muhammet KOTANOGLU (TUR) 

86kg
Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL) vs. Taimuraz FRIEV NASKIDAEVA (ESP) 
Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) vs. Deepak PUNIA (IND)

97kg
Valerii ANDRIITSEV (UKR) vs. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) 
Shamil ZUBAIROV (AZE) vs. Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (BLR)
 

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Paris 2024: Wrestling ITO delivers Olympic oath at Opening Ceremony

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - 11:16 By United World Wrestling Press

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Top Photo: Melanie TRAN, extreme right, at the Olympic oath reciting during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

PARIS (July 31) -- In a historic moment, United World Wrestling referee Melanie TRAN was part of the reading of the oath for the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games last week.

Tran, who is an International Technical Official for wrestling in Paris, read out the oath along with French flagbearers Florent MANAUDOU and Melina ROBERT-MICHON.

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Paris 2024 are the first equal Olympic Games with 50 percent representation from both men and women athletes.

Tran will be part of the technical officials' team for wrestling during the Paris Games. She is one of the 11 female ITOs for wrestling who will be at Paris 2024.

Wrestling at Paris 2024 begins August 5 and finishes August 11.