#WrestlePlovdiv

Live Blog: U23 European Championships Day Six

By Vinay Siwach

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (March 12) -- The sixth day of the competition and it's about freestyle. The five weight classes in action Saturday are 61kg, 74kg, 86kg, 92kg and 125kg. Azerbaijan has a strong field and it will look to win the team title with today's performance.

MATCH ORDER | WATCH LIVE

1315: Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE) survives a scare against Simon MARCHL (AUT). After leading 2-1 at the break, he manages only two more points while Marchl also scores it. Gadzhiev wins 4-3

1300: Daviti KOGUASHVILI (GEO) reaches the semifinal at 92kg. He wins 13-2 against Abduljalil SHABANOV (AZE)

1230: Emre CIFTCI (TUR) with a strong defensive game to keep Cezary SADOWSKI (POL) away. The Turkey wrestlers managed to win 7-2 and into the semifinals

1215: Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE) does not give many chances to Menua YARIBEKYAN (10)(ARM) and finishes his 74kg 12-2

1200: Former cadet world champion Bagrati GAGNIDZE (GEO) had some difficulty against Ivars SAMUSONOKS (LAT) but manages to win 9-4 in the end

1150: Abakarov begins with a 10-0 win over Hristo ILIEV (BUL). It looked like a warm-up for him.

1135: Don't take your eyes off Mat A. In one bout we will have World bronze medalist Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE), former cadet world champion Bagrati GAGNIDZE (GEO), returning bronze medalist Vasile DIACON (MDA), European champion Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE) in back to back bouts.

1130: Welcome to day six of the U23 European Championships. It's the final full day of competition and it's all about freestyle action

#UnitedWorldWrestling

Nine wrestlers elected to UWW Athletes' Commission

By United World Wrestling Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (September 23) -- United World Wrestling held elections for the Athletes' Commission during the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia from September 12 to 20.

UWW received 14 candidacies for nine posts in Athletes' Commission which earlier had seven posts. According to UWW guidelines, a minimum three elected members must be women out of the nine posts.

After the elections, which spanned over nine days and nearly 400 accredited wrestlers voting, the nine members elected to the Athletes’ Commission for the 2025–29 term were:

Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG)
Yui SUSAKI (JPN)
Tamas LORINCZ (HUN)
Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)
Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Jessica LAVERS-McBAIN (AUS)
Nicolaas DE LANGE (RSA)

The five wrestlers who could not be elected after the votes were:

Anthony WESLEY (CPV)
Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)

With this election, all continents are represented in the commission with four women elected.

The nine members have now to elect their president after a call for candidates for the presidency. If only one candidacy is put forward, he or she will be elected automatically. The president represents the voice and interests of the athletes at the Bureau and the Congress.

United World Wrestling congratulates all candidates and welcomes the elected members.