Anti-Doping

IOC Strips Modzmanashvili of 2012 Olympic Silver for Anti-Doping Violation

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (January 17) – The International Olympic Committee today announced that Davit MODZMANASHVILI, then an athlete of the Georgian Republic, has failed a reanalysis of his anti-doping test at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Modzmanashvili, who since 2017 has been a competitor for the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (oral turinabol).

Modzmanashvili earned a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at 120kg and his removal will re-shuffle the order of medalists at the 2012 London Games. Bilyal MAKHOV (RUS) will become the new silver medalist and Daulet SHABANAY (KAZ) the newest bronze medalist.

Gold: Artur TAYMAZOV (UZB)
Silver: Bilyal MAKHOV (RUS)
Bronze: Komeil GHASEMI (IRI)
Bronze: Daulet SHABANAY (KAZ)

United World Wrestling’s anti-doping disciplinary panel will now meet to determine the sanctions faced by the athlete.

#IndiaWrestling

India hiring foreign coaches for national teams

By United World Wrestling Press

NEW DELHI, India (October 17) -- The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is hiring Foreign Experts for its national wrestling team in all disciplines -- Freestyle, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman.

All interested candidates may send their detailed resume, including relevant qualifications, experience, references, and achievements, to the following address:

Wrestling Federation of India 
E-81, Street No. 1, West Vinod Nagar, 
Delhi - 110092, INDIA 

Email: IND@uww.org

The WFI has kept the last date for submission as November 15,  2025.

For details, refer to official advertisement here.