#WrestleGuatemalaCity

Guatemala City Named New Host for 2021 Senior Pan Am Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 29) — Due to concerns about its nation’s COVID situation the Brazilian Wrestling Federation recently announced they wouldn’t be able to organize the 2021 Senior Pan-American Championships.

After presenting their sanitary protocols to the Executive Committee of the United World Wrestling Bureau, it was decided that Guatemala City will organize the 2021 Senior Pan-American Championships on May 27-30 — the same dates as already scheduled for Brazil.

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#WrestleBaku

WATCH: Chamizo training session in Tokyo

By United World Wrestling Press

TOKYO (March 26) -- Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) is preparing for the European OG Qualifiers scheduled to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 5 to 7.

Chamizo, who finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics, is looking to earn a spot for the Paris Olympics in the 74kg weight class after he failed to win the quota at the World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia last year.

As part of his preparation, Chamizo travelled to Japan to train at the NSSU campus in Tokyo. Watch his training session from Tokyo using UWW+ exclusively on uww.org and the UWW App.