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Poland Replaces Sweden in Women's Wrestling at 68kg in Tokyo Olympics

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 21:29 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (June 30) -- The Swedish Olympic Committee informed United World Wrestling that it will be giving back its 68kg quota in women's wrestling at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Sweden earned the quota at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan when Jenny FRANSSON finished with a silver medal in women's wrestling at 68kg. The top six finishers at the 2019 World Championships in each of the Olympic weight categories earned quotas for the Tokyo Olympics.

Based on United World Wrestling's qualification system, the quota goes to the NOC not yet qualified in that event and in that weight category. The Polish Olympic Committee informed United World Wrestling that it has accepted the quota in women's wrestling at 68kg.
 

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First-ever World Amateur MMA Championships to be held in Novi Sad

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 12:39 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 8) -- The World Grappling and Amateur MMA Championships will be held in Novi Sad from October 15 to 19.

United World Wrestling will organize the World Grappling Championships on October 15 and 16 and the first-ever World Amateur MMA Championships from October 17 to 19 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Both these competition will be organized only in the senior category.

The Youth World Championships in Pankration, Amateur MMA and Grappling will also be organized by UWW in Greece. The dates for the Youth World Championships will be communicated later.

According to new structure, UWW will conduct Amateur MMA for U20 and Senior age-group while Pankration is limited to U17 and lower age-groups.

To test the revised ruleset, UWW will also conduct two international tournaments in all styles.

The first tournament will be held in Andijan, Uzbekistan from June 1 to 4. Grappling will be held in U17, U20 and Senior age-groups, Pankration in U17 and Amateur MMA in U20 and Senior age-groups.

The second international tournament will be held in Poland in June. The exact dates for the tournament will be communicated by UWW later.

For full list of events, refer to uww.org/events.